Keywords: cotton nets
Item 79582
Nets drying at the Gut, South Bristol, ca. 1920
Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print
Item 79581
Mending nets, South Bristol, ca. 1950
Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical
Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations
"Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations Annual Reports. Hallowell: City Council of Hallowell, 1911. “books.google.com.” n.d. (accessed Mar."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3
"… desirable, and cheaper rayon and mercerized cotton alternatives. The ideal shapeless tube-like figure, was sometime called boyish or androgynous."
Story
Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns
My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.
