Keywords: Silk industry
Item 31532
Journal of the American Silk Society, Baltimore, 1840
Courtesy of Jacqueline Field, an individual partner Date: 1840 Media: Ink on paper
Item 102211
Margaret A. McGuire's wedding dress, Portland, 1909
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1909 Location: Portland Media: silk
Exhibit
Silk Manufacturing in Westbrook
Cultivation of silkworms and manufacture of silk thread was touted as a new agricultural boon for Maine in the early 19th century. However, only small-scale silk production followed. In 1874, the Haskell Silk Co. of Westbrook changed that, importing raw silk, and producing silk machine twist threat, then fabrics, until its demise in 1930.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
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Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4
"Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description An 1867 issue of Peterson's Magazine…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930
"… with a button tab detail yoke, patterned woven silk braid trimming and long tasseled silk neck ties; and a 1920s short straight fur lined…"
Story
My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey
Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
