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Item 79717

Sitting Room, Mechanics Institute, Rumford, 1911

Contributed by: Greater Rumford Area Historical Society Date: 1911-11-09 Location: Rumford Media: Booklet, ink on paper

Item 5984

Honeymoon at Christmas Cove, 1904

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1904-06-01 Location: Christmas Cove Media: Photographic print

Item 34002

Rusticator relaxing, Blue Hill, 1907

Contributed by: Blue Hill Public Library Date: 1907 Location: Blue Hill Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Poland Spring: Summering in Fashion

During the Gilded Age at the end of the nineteenth century, Americans sought to leave increasing urban, industrialized lives for the health and relaxation of the country. The Poland Spring resort, which offered a beautiful setting, healing waters, and many amenities, was one popular destination.

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Evergreens and a Jolly Old Elf

Santa Claus and evergreens have been common December additions to homes, schools, businesses, and other public places to America since the mid nineteenth century. They are two symbols of the Christian holiday of Christmas whose origins are unrelated to the religious meaning of the day.

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Luxurious Leisure

From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.

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Bradbury family mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1845

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"Mourning customs relaxed during (or after) the First World War, when mourning was so widespread."

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Tea gown wrapper dress with velvet trimming, ca. 1895

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… in this slide show, were perhaps worn in the relaxed privacy of a ladies sitting room when entertaining a few close friends for tea, a reciprocal…"