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John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Noted Bangor architect…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… heretofore dominant French male silk and velvet fashions, suitable only for languid court life. Modern male dress has its origins in the tailored…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"… Store in New York advertised a high quality fashionable ready-made suit priced at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the year 2020)."

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

"Early examples include a blueish purple 1860s highly trimmed walking dress with a short basque (a fitted jacket-like bodice) and flat fronted skirt…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… women who, from the beginnings of the American fashion industry in the 1920s, found opportunities in fashion fields such as designing, advertising…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"… skirts, Dior's more formal and very wearable day fashions became better known. The originals, afforded by the wealthy, were famously crafted with…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"While French fashions inspired design, fashion conscious U.S. consumers began to recognize and appreciate the work of American designers such as…"

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

"Visibly appearing less restrictive than earlier fashions, reform dress was, nevertheless, worn with body shaping corsets."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Elizabeth Blowers, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… "In a Habit with no Bonnet & with high comb." Fashion -- for both men and women -- was one of Martin's interests."

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

"Other crinoline dresses also feature the fashionable pelerine look. The detached fringed pelerine on a purple shot silk ensemble matches the…"

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

"… Portland." Several examples of mid 20th century fashions in the collection were originally sold at Felix Dress Shop, specializing in "women's…"

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

"In the 1860s and 1870s small thread mills, such as the Haskell Silk Company of Westbrook proliferated, producing the special twist thread in high…"

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

"… the sewing machine, encouraged extra detailing on fashionable garments, as seen on this highly-trimmed walking dress."

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

"… and the tubular silhouette remained fashionable up to the war years (WWI). Versions of garments such as those advertised in the New York store…"

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

"By the same token, rarity, elite fashions which do not often find their way into modest scale organizations, also occupy a special place in…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"Social unrest always has an effect on fashion, and never more so than in the 1960s. "Felix" occasion dress, ca."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"They only had abacuses (old-fashioned calculators), stereoscopes (a hand-held viewing instrument that created three-dimensional images of landscapes…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"1805Maine Historical Society The fashions of 1800-1805 are represented at Maine Historical Society by a small, but important group of slender gowns…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"The new fashion had origins in soft informal one-piece muslin gowns such as those favored by French Queen Marie Antoinette and her circle as an…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"… next fifty years, homework cycled in and out of fashion, with its popularity peaking in the 1980s."

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

"Laurent’s 1970s, exotic, richly embellished fashions inspired by an eclectic mix of embroidered ethnic dress culled from regions worldwide."

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… Society Contrasting with these two luxurious and fashionable gowns, a modest small child’s dress in the collection is a rare eighteenth century…"

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

"… institutions tend to focus on luxurious high fashions, the MHS Historic Dress Collection, in common with most fellow regional organizations, is…"

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Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Fashion Baker, Patricia. Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s (Fashions of a Decade). New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. Olian, Joanne (Ed)."