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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s Text by The 7th Grade Maine Studies Students of the William S. Cohen School."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… simplification was influenced by the dress reform movement’s revival of the short waist bodice, tubular silhouette (last popular in the early…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"He had a great interest in the reformation of criminals and became very involved in the layout of the new prison."

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Life on a Tidal River - Exhibits

"The twelfth exhibit, Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s, was created during the 2016-2017 school year."

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Bowdoin College Library

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"… provide further examples of this high waist reform style, which also reflects aspects of the influential French designer Paul Poiret’s work."

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Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… right on all occasions,” they did act on their reform impulses. The first Anti-Slavery Society in Maine was organized here in 1833, and a…"

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… included eight columns 28 feet long for the Dutch Reformed Church in New York, stone for a bridge in St."