Keywords: Spinning wheels
Item 17298
Acadian woman spinning yarn, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1895 Location: Houlton Media: Painting
Item 102415
Lucy Butts Carvill with spinning wheel, New Portland, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: New Portland Media: Lantern slide, hand colored
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Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
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At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
