Keywords: Mourning customs
Item 110547
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1895
Media: metal, paper
This record contains 2 images.
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.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions
A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.
Exhibit
Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing
"Mourning customs relaxed during (or after) the First World War, when mourning was so widespread."
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3
"… were reduced by use for daily wear, dyeing for mourning, and cutting down for children. Two, well-worn and faded, thin cotton print dresses span…"
