Search Results

Keywords: stripes

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 56 Showing 3 of 56
Mystery Corner Item

Item 103124

Freeport High School student guests on The Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962

Mystery Corner Item Do you recognize this teenager?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-31 Location: Portland Media: Film transparency

Item 110359

Striped bodice and overskirt, Newcastle, ca. 1880

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

Item 101541

Striper catch, Westport Island, 1961

Contributed by: Westport Island History Committee Date: 1961-09-01 Location: Westport Island Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 16 Showing 3 of 16

Exhibit

Patriotic Imagery: 1861-1880

Imagery on letterhead soldiers used, on soldiers' memorials produced after the war, and on many other items captured the themes of the American Civil War: union, liberty, and freedom.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions

A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.

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

View All Showing 2 of 20 Showing 3 of 20

Site Page

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"… a small plaided shawl blue white & Red a wide stripe of blue a narrow stripe of Red and the ground work white with a red fringe."

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"Perhaps the most extreme mid-1890s sleeves are found among the collection’s wedding dresses, one of which is a long trained crisp woven stripe silk…"

Site Page

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… X Helen Bancroft Hay's cameo-button striped dress, Charlestown, MA., ca. 1860Maine Historical Society Supported and shaped by stiff…"