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Historical Items

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Item 23529

Looms at Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, 1910

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1910-12-27 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 29112

Jacquard looms at the Pepperell Mills, Biddeford, ca. 1925

Mystery Corner Item They're looking to be identified

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Item 15635

Barn Loom, Durham, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Durham Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Durham Media: Wood, metal

Online Exhibits

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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.

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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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The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

Site Pages

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Haystack Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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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…"

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Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"… initially relied on ships to carry cotton to its looms and coal to its steam plant, but soon switched to rail."

My Maine Stories

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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.

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Classroom Time Capsule
by Anna Bennett

On March 12, 2020, I left my classroom not knowing I wouldn't return again for months.