Keywords: Dickey Store
Item 39370
Interior of Dickey Store, Bangor, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative
Item 42457
Wm. P. Dickey Store construction, Bangor, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Bangor Media: Glass Negative
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Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860
"… broad cloth pants a fine cotton shirt with linen dickey a knapsack empty and a pair of fine calf boots with either white silk or white cotton…"
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849
"… were turn down all uniform but a stand up dickey came in fashion and they made their debut on them at the Town house Hampden which has been in…"
