Keywords: thread
Item 4338
Willimantic Thread Company advertising card, ca. 1885
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Biddeford Media: Ink on paper
Item 16379
Thread tester, Lisbon Falls, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Lisbon Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Lisbon Falls Media: Metal and wool thread
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Adaptive reuse
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring up-cycled and reused historic fabrics.
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
"1780-1889 Northern Threads is a two-part exhibition featuring clothing from ca. 1780 through ca. 1980."
Site Page
"Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society X Celebrating Maine Historical Society’s 200th anniversary (2022)…"
Story
In an Old, Abandoned Island House, I Found my Mentor and my Muse
by Robin Clifford Wood
An aspiring writer finds inspiration and a mentor from the past in an old island home.