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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 2 of 4

"… fronted skirt flaring out at the back. An early 1870s short gray-green basque dress also features a flat front skirt, with an overdress creating a…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"1880Maine Historical Society Between the mid-1870s and early 1880s, the bulky overskirt 'polonaise' styling gave way to the unusually slim…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"The 1870s steadily increasing supply of Asian raw silk for making silk yarn encouraged dress silk manufacturing, which became well established in the…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… to one dominated by women's wear from the 1870s to the 1930s. Although, despite this focus, the featured mid twentieth century examples within this…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"1895Abbe Museum In the 1870s, Henry Richards, a young architect from Gardiner, Maine, traveled by steamer to Bar Harbor to supervise the…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… began writing in 1867 and concluded in the early 1870s, he continues the political discussions that comprise much of his Scrap & Sketch Book…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"… of small loans or mortgages on their home in the 1870s and 1880s, an indication of his financial instability."