Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… collection to tell of the War year's make-do-and-mend fabric scarcity, or regulations restricting garment manufacture."

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"… War II generated a mind-set of "make do" and "mend". War time fashion restrictions included hose (today we would call them pantyhose) as well as…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… included: cooking, tending children, washing and mending clothes, skinning and stretching hides, braiding sweetgrass, preparing ash strips, weaving…"

Mercy Hospital - Founding of Mercy

"… its early days, did all the “necessary sewing and mending for the hospital.” An Annual Donation Week furnished the hospital with supplies such as…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… for ship To iron work for Sett’s Mills To mending a chain To repairing an ax for ship Sally To repairing a Marlin Spike, 2 augers, a crow bar To…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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