Keywords: Collar and cuffs
Item 23503
Contributed by: Hudson Museum, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1870 Media: Cloth, beads
Item 135838
Newell Gabriel wearing headdress, Old Town, 1912
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1912 Location: Old Town Media: Photographic print
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Fashionable Maine: early twentieth century clothing
Maine residents kept pace with the dramatic shift in women’s dress that occurred during the short number of years preceding and immediately following World War I. The long restrictive skirts, stiff collars, body molding corsets and formal behavior of earlier decades quickly faded away and the new straight, dropped waist easy-to-wear clothing gave mobility and freedom of movement in tune with the young independent women of the casual, post-war jazz age generation.
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Holding up the Sky: Wabanaki people, culture, history, and art
Learn about Native diplomacy and obligation by exploring 13,000 years of Wabanaki residence in Maine through 17th century treaties, historic items, and contemporary artworks—from ash baskets to high fashion. Wabanaki voices contextualize present-day relevance and repercussions of 400 years of shared histories between Wabanakis and settlers to their region.
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Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands
"Singing, dancing, performing reenactments and showcasing their artwork were major sources of income for many Indigenous peoples."
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