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LC Subject Heading: Clothing and dress

Historical Items

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Item 111211

Elizabeth Wadsworth's leather slippers, Portland, ca. 1800

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1800 Location: Portland; Boston Media: leather, linen
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Item 111591

Cotton day dress, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: cotton, wool, Bakelite

Item 110540

Martha Fifield's woven cotton bonnet, Newry, ca. 1842

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1842 Location: Newry; Riley Plantation Media: cotton, silk
This record contains 3 images.

Lesson Plans

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Lesson Plan

The Fur Trade in Maine

Grade Level: 6-8, 9-12, Postsecondary Content Area: Science & Engineering, Social Studies
This lesson presents an overview of the history of the fur trade in Maine with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries, on how fashion influenced that trade, and how that trade impacted Indigenous peoples and the environment.