Maine Memory Network

Costume party, Portland School of Art, 1928

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1928 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Camp Runoia campers in costume

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1910 Location: North Belgrade; Belgrade Lakes Media: Photographic print

Fashionable Maine: early twentieth century clothing

Maine residents kept pace with the dramatic shift in women’s dress that occurred during the short number of years preceding and immediately following World War I. The long restrictive skirts, stiff collars, body molding corsets and formal behavior of earlier decades quickly faded away and the new straight, dropped waist easy-to-wear clothing gave mobility and freedom of movement in tune with the young independent women of the casual, post-war jazz age generation.

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin gymnastic costume, Bangor, 1864

Ada Martin gymnastic costume, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Ada Martin…

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performing Arts Bar Harbor

… Arts Bar Harbor Group of Players in Costume, 1919 Item 81405 infoNortheast Harbor Library A group of performers in costume outside the…

My life as a revolutionary knitter
by Katharine Cobey

Moving to Maine and confronting knitting stereotypes