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Item 110537

Blue silk calash style bonnet, Alna, ca. 1835

Blue silk calash style bonnet, Alna, ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Alna Media: silk, wood, cotton

Item 110541

Helen Bancroft Hay's lava brooch, ca. 1860

Helen Bancroft Hay's lava brooch, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Boston; Portland Media: lava, gold

Item 110548

Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow mourning pin, Portland, ca. 1829

Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow mourning pin, Portland, ca. 1829

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1829 Location: Portland Media: gold, pearl, onyx, hair

Online Exhibits

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Penobscot moccasins, Bangor, 1834

Northern Threads: Penobscot mocassins

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part I," about telling stories through Indigenous clothing, featuring an essay by Jennifer Sapiel Neptune (Penobscot.)

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Phebe Cole Townsend's 'electric' blue dress, Alexander, ca. 1863

Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing

An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.

Exhibit

Northern Threads: Colonial and 19th century fur trade

A vignette in "Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Part 1," this fur trade mini-exhibition discusses the environmental and economic impact of the fur trade in Maine through the 19th century.