Keywords: 19th Century clothing
Item 105130
Carrie Cushman Wood's trousseau bodice, Portland, ca. 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1868 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton
Item 105476
Bright pink petticoat, ca. 1780
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1780 Media: cotton, wool, linen
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade
A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century
"Although, despite this focus, the featured mid twentieth century examples within this narrative are almost exclusively from the Westbrook College…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3
"… of the eighteenth century English taste for clothes suited to an active country life, fine quality English dark wool broadcloth, and skilled…"
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
