Keywords: 1930s dress
Item 105705
Anne F. Wilson's floral print dress, Salem, Massachusetts, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Waterford; Salem Media: rayon
Item 111523
Glamour pajama suit, Yarmouth, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Yarmouth Media: silk
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Exhibit
Maine has some 17 million acres of forest land. But even on a smaller, more local scale, trees have been an important part of the landscape. In many communities, tree-lined commercial and residential streets are a dominant feature of photographs of the communities.
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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2
"… century couture caliber gowns from Lewiston; a 1930s ‘Delphic’ gown and others by Jessie Franklin Turner; and a 1970s Geoffrey Beene evening dress…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4
"Day dress with jacket, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Just how attractive and fashionable rayon could be is seen in the comfortable easy elegance…"
