Keywords: Dye Famine
Item 102769
American dye-crisis dress, Portland, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1917 Location: Portland Media: Cotton
Exhibit
The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?