Keywords: Ethnic dress
Item 75563
Annah Butler Richardson, Albert, and friends, Norway, ca. 1917
Contributed by: Descendants of Annah Butler Richardson and Arthur Berry Richardson through Prince Memorial Library Date: circa 1917 Media: Photographic print
Item 148664
Swedish festival, New Sweden, ca. 1970
Contributed by: Acadian Archives Date: circa 1970 Location: New Sweden; Stockholm; Westmoreland Media: Photographic postcard
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3
"'B Green Room' gown, ca. 1975Maine Historical Society Perhaps the most elegant, and certainly unusual, evening dress in the collection is a Geoffrey…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
"… flowing Indian print skirts and caftans, exotic ethnic garments collected on trips to the far-east, and other non-mainstream, often repurposed…"
