Keywords: 1800s cotton dress
Item 105479
Slender cotton gown, Buckfield, ca. 1805
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1805
Location: Buckfield
Media: cotton
This record contains 4 images.
Item 105491
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1855
Media: silk, cotton, wool
This record contains 8 images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Silhouettes in Sequence, ca. 1780-1889
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring a timeline of silhouettes from about 1775 through 1889.
Exhibit
Biddeford, Saco and the Textile Industry
The largest textile factory in the country reached seven stories up on the banks of the Saco River in 1825, ushering in more than a century of making cloth in Biddeford and Saco. Along with the industry came larger populations and commercial, retail, social, and cultural growth.
Site Page
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…"
