Keywords: 1890s dress
Item 105663
Pigeon bodice day dress, Lewiston, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1895
Location: Lewiston
Media: silk, cotton, metal
This record contains 12 images.
Item 105648
Nellie Ryan Abbott's fancy weave dress, Presque Isle, ca. 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1898
Location: Presque Isle
Media: silk, cotton, wool, glass
This record contains 10 images.
Exhibit
Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine
As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3
"… Congress Street, Portland, Maine," features a mid-1890s balloon-sleeved blouse of red figured dress silk, the silk type now affordable and readily…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century
"Dating into the mid 1890s her couture quality wine velvet and cream figured silk double gigot sleeved dinner or opera dress, and her openwork cream…"
