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Keywords: Plaid

Historical Items

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Item 111793

Mackinaw hat with earflaps, Kennebunk, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Kennebunk Media: wool, felt

Item 105494

Plaid silk day dress, ca. 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1850 Media: Silk, cotton, brass, glass

Item 105966

Sarah Moore's wool plaid dress, Waterford, ca. 1868

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1868 Location: Waterford Media: wool, cotton, glass

Online Exhibits

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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

Otisfield's One-Room Schoolhouses

Many of the one-room schoolhouses in Otisfield, constructed from 1839 through the early twentieth century, are featured here. The photos, most of which also show teachers and children, were taken between 1898 and 1998.

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.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"1970-1980 Diagonal plaid belted dress, ca. 1970Maine Historical Society A late or left over from the 1960s example is a synthetic double knit…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"… was a blue & red spotted Delane with a small plaided shawl blue white & Red a wide stripe of blue a narrow stripe of Red and the ground work white…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"… is shown wearing a red velvet cap and checked plaid cotton apron in this drawing by his half-brother John Martin."

My Maine Stories

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Story

"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria

Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.