Keywords: Early mourning
Item 105321
Crepe mourning skirt, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1900
Media: Silk, Horsehair, Cotton, Metal
This record contains 6 images.
Item 105816
Bradbury family mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1845
Location: Standish
Media: silk, linen, cotton
This record contains 9 images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
Exhibit
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation
Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning
"Post-Mortem & Mourning Post Mortem & Mourning Slideshow Click on image to view slideshow In pre-Civil war Maine, death was a frequent…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Early Nineteenth Century
"Early Nineteenth Century Leavitt family coat-dress, Eastport, ca. 1830Maine Historical Society Some fashion changes are distinct and occur…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
