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Keywords: fashion circa 1900

Historical Items

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Item 110535

Empire style fashion doll, ca. 1801

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1801 Media: wood, cotton, fur

Item 48368

Paris fashion illustration, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: Ink on paper

Item 105492

Helen Bancroft Hay's cameo-button striped dress, Charlestown, MA., ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton, metal, glass, baleen, wool

Online Exhibits

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Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.

Exhibit

Student Exhibit: Historic Buildings on Madison Ave in Skowhegan

Take a tour and see some of the beautiful old buildings that used to be on Madison Avenue, Skowhegan? A few still remain, but most have been torn down.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing

An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.

Site Pages

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"A circa 1920 black silk velvet kimono-style evening coat is an example of the new unstructured fashions—different from western, fitted, tailored…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"Portland Maine," Adela Adams' circa 1900 two piece has a velvet trimmed jacket styled with mild sleeve expansion, and the new plain, back pleated…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… silk embroidered vests, such as Samuel Freeman's circa 1775-1785 vest in the MHS collection, are the most commonly surviving items of…"