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Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… hipped skirt with two knee level deep box pleats at front and back evoke the style. The most robust Gibson Girl could stride out in this skirt."

Lincoln, Maine - Masonic Hall

"… was a public building, though, like the Rainbow Girls and some high school civic students who attended town meetings."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… of Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the Gibson Girl. It is now the home base for a local boat yard."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"“The two prettiest girls in Surry—Phebe and Ellen.” Then right beneath it in a different hand: “They are not so.” Phebe’s losses had not yet aged her."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Perspectives on Labor Old Gun Rock Can Shop, Lubec, ca. 1900Lubec Historical Society This can shop on Water Street was part of the Gun Rock…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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