Keywords: Regulation uniform
Item 111688
United States Navy enlisted dress uniform, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Media: Wool, cotton
Item 102534
Lincoln Turner's student cadet training jacket, Orono, ca. 1918
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1918 Location: Orono; Waltham Media: Wool, cotton, bakelite, bronze
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
This Rebellion: Maine and the Civil War
For Mainers like many other people in both the North and the South, the Civil War, which lasted from 1861-1865, had a profound effect on their lives. Letters, artifacts, relics, and other items saved by participants at home and on the battlefield help illuminate the nature of the Civil War experience for Mainers.
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3
"… Board (WPB) issued order L-85 in March 1942 to regulate the amount of fabric used in garments. Prescribed economies prohibited details such as…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century
"… War year's make-do-and-mend fabric scarcity, or regulations restricting garment manufacture. There is, however, a good selection illustrating, to…"
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
