Keywords: looms
Item 23529
Looms at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-12-27 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 29112
Jacquard looms at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925
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Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford 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
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 - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3
"The name "rayon" was adopted in the mid-1920s. In 1930, the Androscoggin Mill in Lewiston was equipped with new looms to handle rayon, and became one…"
Story
Co-founding Halcyon Yarn and learning to weave
by Hector Jaeger
Moving to Maine, Halcyon Yarn, and rediscovering the joy of weaving
Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
