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Item 20155

Joseph Wood to Queen Victoria, 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1875 Location: Wiscasset Media: Ink on paper

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Item 29339

Captain John W. Kane, Blue Hill, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Blue Hill Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photograph on paper

Item 6392

Second Parish quilt, Portland, 1886

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Location: Portland Media: Cotton

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The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

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Picturing Henry

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's popularity in the 19th century is reflected by the number of images of him -- in a variety of media -- that were produced and reproduced, some to go with published works of his, but many to be sold to the public on cards and postcards.

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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides

Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.