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Item 8672

Hopalong Cassidy book jacket, 1931

Contributed by: Fryeburg Public Library Date: 1931 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

Item 8662

Tex- of Bar 20 book jacket, 1922

Contributed by: Fryeburg Public Library Date: 1922 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

Item 8673

'The Coming of Cassidy' book jacket, 1913

Contributed by: Fryeburg Public Library Date: 1913 Location: Fryeburg Media: Ink on paper

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Dress made by Martha Willey Riley, Cherryfield, ca. 1912

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.

Exhibit

Taffeta and velvet bustle dress ensemble, ca. 1880

Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.

Exhibit

Sarah Bowman Winter's "fancy weave" coat, Bath, ca. 1825

Northern Threads: Outerwear, Militia & Cadet uniforms

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 19th century outerwear, bonnets, militia and cadet uniforms.

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Three piece rayon suit, Portland, ca. 1935

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…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"… at the back; a Longfellow family spencer or short jacket; a mid-calf length brownish green wadded cloak, pink silk lined with pink silk frills…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Minimalist wool skirt suit, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"The jacket features a Peter Pan collar, long sleeves, and five self-covered buttons down the front. The sleeves are fitted with turned-back cuffs and…"