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Historical Items

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Item 79582

Nets drying at the Gut, South Bristol, ca. 1920

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 79581

Mending nets, South Bristol, ca. 1950

Contributed by: South Bristol Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: South Bristol Media: Photographic print

Item 27717

Dip nets at McCurdy's Smokehouse, Lubec, ca. 1995

Contributed by: Lubec Landmarks Date: circa 1995 Location: Lubec Media: Metal, cotton

Online Exhibits

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Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical

Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.

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Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.

Exhibit

CODE RED: Climate, Justice & Natural History Collections

Explore topics around climate change by reuniting collections from one of the nation's earliest natural history museums, the Portland Society of Natural History. The exhibition focuses on how museums collect, and the role of humans in creating changes in society, climate, and biodiversity.

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations Annual Reports. Hallowell: City Council of Hallowell, 1911. “books.google.com.” n.d. (accessed Mar."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"… desirable, and cheaper rayon and mercerized cotton alternatives. The ideal shapeless tube-like figure, was sometime called boyish or androgynous."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… dress is a white collared blue and white cotton gingham with a full gathered skirt and stiff net petticoat, associated with Ann Clark, and labeled…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns

My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.