Keywords: Victorian era
Item 105396
Victorian-era cotton dress, ca. 1855
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: cotton
Item 80349
Walter Wotton house, Friendship, ca. 1907, ca. 1907
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1907 Location: Friendship Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
Exhibit
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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Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3
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Norridgewock Historical Society
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Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
