Keywords: blanket
Item 34465
Civil War Army Blanket, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Bangor Media: Wool
Item 104585
Adhesive applicator at Pepperell Mill, Biddeford, 2009
Contributed by: Biddeford Mills Museum Date: 1999 Location: Biddeford Media: Digital photograph
Exhibit
The astronomical arrival of winter -- also known as the winter solstice -- marks the year's shortest day and the season of snow and cold. It usually arrives on December 21.
Exhibit
San Life: the Western Maine Sanatorium, 1928-1929
Merle Wadleigh of Portland, who was in his mid 20s, took and saved photographs that provide a glimpse into the life of a tuberculosis patient at the Western Maine Sanatorium in Hebron in 1928-1929.
Site Page
"… was the invention and production of the Vellux blanket by Francis Spencer, and a very small portion of the mills continued operation making a…"
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Day 3 - Page 1 of 2
"They had the living room closed off with a blanket to keep in heat. The generator was outside of the garage so that the carbon monoxide would not get…"
Story
My career working at Pepperell Mills in the Vellux Division
by David Bishop
My 35 years working in the Vellux blanket division of Pepperell Mills, Biddeford.
Story
Margaret Moxa's Blanket Coat
by Jennifer Neptune
A contemporary artwork in memory of Penobscots murdered for scalp bounties.