Keywords: Mourning practices
Item 110538
Mercy Owen Richardson's mourning veil, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1835
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1835
Location: Cambridge
Media: cotton
This record contains 5 images.
Item 110545
Dr. Cummings mourning brooch, Portland, ca. 1854
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1854
Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth
Media: gold, enameled metal, hair, glass, brass
This record contains 2 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
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 - Outerwear 1830-1860
"… and the survivor of long wear, features a large practical hood. Watered silk cape, ca. 1865Maine Historical Society Two piece cape and…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4
"While pirating French couture designs was an old practice, in the 1950s some U.S. manufacturers contracted and made arrangements with French…"
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.
