Maine Memory Network

Hannah P. Adams' embroidered dress, Belfast, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Belfast Media: wool, silk, cotton

Mourning dress, ca. 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1878 Media: silk, cotton

Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.

Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical

Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… to one dominated by women's wear from the 1870s to the 1930s. Although, despite this focus, the featured mid twentieth century examples within this…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"In the 1860s and 1870s small thread mills, such as the Haskell Silk Company of Westbrook proliferated, producing the special twist thread in high…"