Keywords: Needle case
Item 29422
Brooks' Patent writing case, ca. 1864
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1864 Location: Biddeford Media: Leather, cotton, glass, metal
Item 29424
Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1812 Location: Biddeford; Eliot Media: Silk, velvet, wool, cotton, paper, cotton thread,
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Settlers' clothing had to be durable and practical to hold up against hard work and winters. From the 1700s to the mid 1800s, the women of Maine learned to sew by making samplers.
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Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.
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Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford
"Lady Pepperell's needle case, 1812McArthur Public Library Fighting with the natives did not cease; however, settlers and entrepreneurs continued to…"
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Story
A Story in a Stick
by Jim Moulton
A story about dowsing for a well in Bowdoin
