Keywords: Children dressing up
Item 16688
Nine Children in Costumes, Sanford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 63059
Dressing up, Swan's Island, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Swan's Island Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
Exhibit
Eternal Images: Photographing Childhood
From the earliest days of photography doting parents from across Maine sought to capture images of their young children. The studio photographs often reflect the families' images of themselves and their status or desired status.
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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2
"… early twentieth century clothing (2016), and Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment and Identity in Maine (2011)."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries
"Beyond women's dresses, and taken as whole, the collection incorporates a considerable quantity and variety of different categories of apparel, of…"
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
Story
Hooch Mum and my Vietnam service
by Jim Barrows
A poem about being a medic, saving Vietnamese people and babies. Sometimes we trusted too much.
