Keywords: old fashioned dress
Item 105309
Phebe Cole Townsend's 'electric' blue dress, Alexander, ca. 1863
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1863 Location: Alexander Media: silk taffeta
Item 105473
Dior inspired prom dress, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Portland Media: cotton, metal
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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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Women at the turn of the 20th century were increasingly involved in paid work outside the home. For wage-earning women in the Old Port section of Portland, the jobs ranged from canning fish and vegetables to setting type. A study done in 1907 found many women did not earn living wages.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865
"He accompanied this illustration of "Fashion in Bangor, 1865," with a discussion of what his mother wore when he was 4 years old and commented on…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2
"To paraphrase prominent dress historian Anne M. Buck, when surviving specimens of dress are studied in the same way as other material evidence of…"
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Wabanaki Fashion
by Decontie & Brown
Keeping the spirit and memories of our ancestors alive through fashion and creativity
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Growing up DownEast
by Darrin MC Mclellan
Stories of growing up Downeast
