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Keywords: Sewing
Historical Items Showing 3 of 123 View All
Item 16979
Title: Hand Cranked Sewing Machine, c. 1870
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Date: circa 1870
Location: Houlton
Media: steel
Item 14717
Title: Girls sewing class, Good Will Home, 1911
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes
Date: 1911
Location: Fairfield
Media: Print, photographic
Item 14411
Title: Sewing Basket
Contributed by: Abbe Museum
Date: circa 1930
Media: ash, sweetgrass, Hong Kong cord
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Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine
For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.