Smock, worn by Cora Goddard, Lisbon Falls, Maine, 1910-1930. Maine State Museum, 73.152.13.
Smock, worn by Cora Goddard, Lisbon Falls, Maine, 1910-1930. Maine State Museum, 73.152.13.
Cora Goddard wore this smock over her clothes when she worked in the Worumbo Textile Mill in Lisbon Falls, Maine.
Smocks protected workers' clothes from cotton and wool fibers and oil from the machines.