Keywords: 1970s dress
Item 111511
Floral maxi-dress, Kennebunk, ca. 1972
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1972
Media: cotton, plastic
This record contains 11 images.
Item 105475
Geoffrey Beene evening dress, Scarborough, ca. 1975
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1975
Location: Scarborough
Media: wool, acetate, nylon, plastic, metal
This record contains 10 images.
Exhibit
The Schooner Bowdoin: Ninety Years of Seagoing History
After traveling to the Arctic with Robert E. Peary, Donald B. MacMillan (1874-1970), an explorer, researcher, and lecturer, helped design his own vessel for Arctic exploration, the schooner <em>Bowdoin,</em> which he named after his alma mater. The schooner remains on the seas.
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.
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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2
"… gown and others by Jessie Franklin Turner; and a 1970s Geoffrey Beene evening dress in the MHS collection speak of particular individuals, and a…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3
"Laurent’s 1970s, exotic, richly embellished fashions inspired by an eclectic mix of embroidered ethnic dress culled from regions worldwide."
Story
My journey as an ETA (Elvis Tribute Artist)
by Jessi Mallory
My journey as an ETA (Elvis Tribute Artist)
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
