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Item 105513

Silk faille and cut velvet bustle dress, ca. 1885

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1885 Media: silk, cotton, velvet

Item 12154

Hotel Velvet, Old Orchard Beach, 1903

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Glass Negative

Item 105516

Taffeta and velvet bustle dress ensemble, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Newcastle Media: silk, cotton

Tax Records

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Item 36659

49 Center Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Felice Giampetruzzi Use: Dwelling & Store

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.

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Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.

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Presque Isle and the Civil War

Presque Isle had fewer than 1,000 residents in 1860, but it still felt the impact of the Civil War. About half of the town's men went off to war. Of those, a third died. The effects of the war were widespread in the small community.

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Hannah P. Adams' embroidered dress, Belfast, ca. 1875

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"… ground will be a dead, rep-like fabric, and the velvet figure will be quite large.” This fashion for contrasting plain and figured cut velvet…"

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Sarah S. Wilson's beaded silk two-piece ensemble, Waterford, ca. 1888

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"The skirt has deep pleats of velvet and taffeta along the hemline, and a short wine velvet basque adorned with eight round silk thread covered…"