Keywords: Fashion babies
Item 110536
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1820
Media: wood, silk
This record contains 2 images.
Item 48242
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1812
Media: Wood, wool, velvet
This record contains 2 images.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.
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.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Children's Wear
"… present includes a large quantity of 19th century baby and children’s white undergarments and clothing and select examples of everyday or more…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
"It was also the era of the "baby boom" generation, and the youth culture that had its beginning in the 1950s and manifested itself in the 1960s as a…"
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
