Keywords: Women wearing ties
Item 70280
Women sorting rags, Brewer, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: circa 1920 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print
Item 111091
NES models with Mildred Burrage, South Portland, 1943
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1943 Location: South Portland Media: Ink on paper
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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.
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The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4
"Glamorous designs were reserved for evening wear. Of course many women still wore older styles, one of which is a very wearable lightweight…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
"… of home embroidered and patched blue jeans, tie dyed T-shirts, message T-shirts, pants for women, cheap flowing Indian print skirts and caftans…"
Story
From Chinese Laundress to Mother of the Year
by Dr. Andrea Louie
Toy Len Goon's granddaughter recounts her immigration to the US and becoming Mother of the Year.
Story
Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR
