Keywords: 1800s clothing
Item 105335
French-inspired silk coat, ca. 1800
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Media: silk, cotton
Item 105841
Zilpah Longfellow's mourning dress, Portland, ca. 1804
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton gauze
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.
Exhibit
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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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2
"… tubular silhouette (last popular in the early 1800s). Visibly appearing less restrictive than earlier fashions, reform dress was, nevertheless…"
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s
"Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s Text by The 7th Grade Maine Studies Students of the William S. Cohen School."
