Keywords: Protective clothing
Item 111227
Overshoes with straps, Portland, ca. 1845
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Portland Media: leather, rubber
Item 108581
Dr. MacVane's cigar label smoking jacket, Portland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Portland Media: ribbon, silk, velvet
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing
An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.
Exhibit
Northern Threads: Bustle era fashions
A themed vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 1870s and 80s era bustle silhouettes.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Occupational Photography
"Wearing such a garment to protect his clothes indicates that Soule worked at a trade or in a factory, perhaps in the local textile mill."
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Seaport on the Kennebec
"Hallowell’s ship-owning merchants, anxious to protect their investments by manning their vessels with capable officers and crews, established a…"
Story
Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
Story
Pandemic ruminations and the death of Rose Cleveland
by Tilly Laskey
Correlations between the 1918 and 2020 Pandemics
