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Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses View the Wrappers, Tea Gowns & At Home Dresses Slide Show Wrapper is the traditional term used for the…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Arcy Cary Bradford's gigot sleeve wedding dress, ca. 1829 - Page 1 of 2

"The beige silk dress features the fashionable gigot sleeve, which are lined with a glazed brown linen. There is a frill net at the cuff."

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Historic Clothing Collection - White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828 - Page 1 of 2

"The dress was hand sewn, with its scalloped edges attached as a separate piece. A light pink drawstring ribbon serves as the enclosure."

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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"… on luxurious high fashions, the MHS Historic Dress Collection, in common with most fellow regional organizations, is centered on dress worn by the…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"To paraphrase prominent dress historian Anne M. Buck, when surviving specimens of dress are studied in the same way as other material evidence of…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description After the Civil War…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"Historically, people used the phrase fancy dress to describe costumes in this sense. With these dual and sometimes degrading meanings, the modern…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"About the Collection The Maine Historical Society’s historic clothing, costume, and dress collection, referred to as the “clothing collection” is a…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"Adams (1855-1935) reportedly embroidered the dress herself, supported by evidence the embroidery was applied after the dress’ construction."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Across the street was a women's dress shop, operated by local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station."

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… gown for the ball? S: Well, Peacock’s bought my dress and my shoes and had my hair done. They paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red…"

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Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"Lillian Blauvelt and Opera Fashion Lillian Blauvelt in Romeo and Juliet, London, 1903Maine Historical Society Lillian Blauvelt's fan, ca."

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

"Two-piece dress and blouse, ca. 1912Maine Historical Society The other Martha Riley example is a cream-colored wool dress with a similarly tubular…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"For many women, a silk dress was an investment, a best dress for Sunday, or for special occasions. Looked after, often stored away as they moved past…"

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… but the crown and a visor." He suggested that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War."

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

"Another white organdie, a ball dress, with short frill sleeves, boat neck, and a wide green waist sash, features a flat front skirt that spreads…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"There are gaps in representation, but as the examples in the overview make clear from the eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Maine's…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"By 1800 women enjoyed the relative freedom of loose, partly classically inspired short waisted gowns, notably made of cotton, fashion’s new favorite…"

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

"1907Maine Historical Society Made of sturdy linen, a straight skirted day dress features areas of bold crochet lace embellishing the skirt, the wide…"

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

"Most outstanding is a ca. 1905 long, body-fitting dress with white crescent embroidery, a three-quarter double skirt from the hips, and long…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"It closed its doors in 1976 with the retirement of its proprietress, Delia Frances Felix. Of thin polyester knits, there is a red high waisted full…"

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

"In the late 1880s, the bustle simplified in shape and disappeared by 1890. As fashions moved towards the next century, skirts lost the over layers…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"For the same reason - room to move - but in this case to work, the straight skirt on a plain khaki cotton household maid’s dress features side seam…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… when silk textiles were so expensive and new dresses required many yards of fabric, women were familiar with the custom of either themselves or…"