Keywords: 1940s clothing
Item 105714
Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1943
Media: wool, rayon, metal
This record contains 20 images.
Item 111459
Maine Guide shirt jac by Congress Sportswear, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1960
Media: wool, plastic
This record contains 3 images.
Exhibit
From French Canadians to Franco-Americans
French Canadians who emigrated to the Lewiston-Auburn area faced discrimination as children and adults -- such as living in "Little Canada" tenements and being ridiculed for speaking French -- but also adapted to their new lives and sustained many cultural traditions.
Exhibit
Maine is home to dozens of summer-long youth camps and untold numbers of day camps that take advantage of water, woods, and fresh air. While the children, counselors, and other staff come to Maine in the summer, the camps live on throughout the year and throughout the lives of many of the campers.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3
"Two suits in the MHS collection may be late 1940s possibly early 1950s interpretations of the new "pencil" skirt suit."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3
"… striped cotton, which may date from the late 1940s or into the early 1950s. From the collar and lapel neckline, there is a front closure with four…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
