Keywords: Westbrook Manufacturing Company
Item 82211
Westbrook Manufacturing Company, Westbrook, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1890 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
Item 82128
Westbrook Manufacturing Co. 4th of July parade entry, Westbrook, 1895
Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: 1895-07-04 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print
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
Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4
"They also made other types of threads to supply the county’s new narrow goods industry, now manufacturing decorative braids, cords, ribbons…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2
"… to southern Maine paper and silk manufacturing Westbrook, embraced this fashion. Purple wool dress by Martha Riley, 1912Maine Historical…"
Story
My 40 years in Forestry and the Paper Industry in Maine
by Donna Cassese
I was the first female forester hired by Scott Paper and continue to find new uses for wood.