Keywords: Mending
Item 79581
Mending nets, South Bristol, ca. 1950
Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print
Item 80992
Rebecca Usher on arrival at nursing station, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862 Location: Portland; Chester Media: Ink on paper
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
The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (NFBPWC) held their seventh annual convention in Portland during July 12 to July 18, 1925. Over 2,000 working women from around the country visited the city.
Site Page
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."
Site Page
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…"
Story
Reverend Thomas Smith of First Parish Portland
by Kristina Minister, Ph.D.
Pastor, Physician, Real Estate Speculator, and Agent for Wabanaki Genocide
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
