Keywords: sewing school
Item 14717
Girls sewing class, Good Will Home, 1911
Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes Date: 1911 Location: Fairfield Media: Photographic print
Item 69790
Students in Valentine costumes, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1922
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1922 Location: Farmington Media: Photographic print
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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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Young men and women in the 19th century often went away from home -- sometimes for a few months, sometimes for longer periods -- to attend academies, seminaries, or schools run by individuals. While there, they wrote letters home, reporting on boarding arrangements and coursework undertaken, and inquired about the family at home.
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New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future
"Numerous people sew, quilt, and crochet, many times using their items to help those in need. Some people are carpenters and woodworkers, while others…"
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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Our Resources
"… 2003. ORGANIZATIONS AND BUSINESSES Baptist Sewing Circle, PO Box 43, 491 Pendleton Point Road, 734.2022 Boardman Cottage (Assisted Living), 131…"
Story
Story of the "little nun"
by Felicia Garant
My grandmother made a nun's outfit for me
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
