LC Subject Heading: Mourning customs
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Historical Items
These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.
Item 103644
A father and his three children, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Daguerreotype
Item 110542
William Minott memorial watercolor, Westbrook, ca. 1825
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: watercolor
Item 94909
Mourning dress, Presque Isle, ca. 1860
Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Presque Isle Media: Cloth
Item 105321
Crepe mourning skirt, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Silk, Horsehair, Cotton, Metal
Item 110538
Mercy Owen Richardson's mourning veil, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Cambridge Media: cotton
Item 110543
Mourning armband for George Washington, ca. 1799
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1799 Media: silk, ink
Item 110544
Mourning badge for Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: silk
Item 110545
Dr. Cummings mourning brooch, Portland, ca. 1854
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: gold, enameled metal, hair, glass, brass
Item 110546
Taber family mourning hairwork bracelet, Bristol, ca. 1856
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Bristol Media: hair, gold, onyx
Item 110547
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Media: metal, paper
Item 110548
Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow mourning pin, Portland, ca. 1829
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1829 Location: Portland Media: gold, pearl, onyx, hair
Item 110636
Mourning ring for Eleanor Cummings, Portland, 1824
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: gold, jet
Item 105480
Harriet Coffin Thom's sheer overdress, ca. 1815
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1815 Location: Gloucester; Londonderry Media: silk, silver
Item 105813
Mourning dress for a young child, ca. 1830
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Media: cotton
Item 105814
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1878 Media: silk, cotton
Item 105815
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: silk, cotton
Item 105816
Bradbury family mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Standish Media: silk, linen, cotton
Item 105817
Altered mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1865
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Standish Media: silk, cotton, linen
Item 21616
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1927 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 26515
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1793 Location: Portland Media: Gold, watercolor on ivory
Item 100351
Anshe Sfard yahrzeit board, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Jewish Museum through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Wood, brass, paint
Item 100352
Anshe Sfard yahrzeit board, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Jewish Museum through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Wood, brass, paint
Item 105841
Zilpah Longfellow's mourning dress, Portland, ca. 1804
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1804 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton gauze
