Keywords: costumes
Item 16688
Nine Children in Costumes, Sanford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 74887
Reddy Kilowatt costume, ca. 1967
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1967 Media: Plastic, polyester, vinyl
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical
Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.
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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…"
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"In the United States, costume is commonly associated with clothing worn during theatrical performances, masquerade balls, or during Halloween."
Story
The $ame Band
by Mike Laskey
Maine's punk rock band, 1977
Story
My journey as an ETA (Elvis Tribute Artist)
by Jessi Mallory
My journey as an ETA (Elvis Tribute Artist)