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Keywords: Women's fashions

Historical Items

These results include photographs, documents, letters, paintings, artifacts, and many other kinds of Maine related items from collections around the state and elsewhere.


Item 105293

Madam de St. Felix ball dress, ca. 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1820 Location: Philadelphia Media: cotton
This record contains 6 images.

Item 105648

Nellie Ryan Abbott's fancy weave dress, Presque Isle, ca. 1898

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1898 Location: Presque Isle Media: silk, cotton, wool, glass
This record contains 10 images.

Item 105663

Pigeon bodice day dress, Lewiston, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Lewiston Media: silk, cotton, metal
This record contains 12 images.

Item 105500

Full crinoline dress with fringe, ca. 1859

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1859 Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 8 images.

Item 105692

Mary King Scrimgeour's collarless coat, Lewiston, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Lewiston Media: wool, silk, cotton
This record contains 6 images.

Item 105732

"Pat Sandler for Highlight" rayon taffeta dress, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Media: rayon, nylon, polyester, metal
This record contains 7 images.

Item 105815

Black taffeta dress, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 9 images.

Item 105973

Bodice made from reused 1840s silk, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Media: silk, cotton, metal

Item 105696

Chinese Jacquard fur-lined coat, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1925 Media: silk, fur

Item 105817

Altered mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Location: Standish Media: silk, cotton, linen
This record contains 10 images.

Item 105814

Mourning dress, ca. 1878

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1878 Media: silk, cotton
This record contains 7 images.

Item 103199

Mrs. Z.C. Bolduc Dress & Cloak shop, Auburn, ca. 1903

Courtesy of Kathy Bolduc Amoroso, an individual partner Date: circa 1903 Location: Auburn Media: Photographic print

Item 105704

Two piece evening wear ensemable, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Media: silk, cotton, elastic, metal, viscose, rayon
This record contains 14 images.

Item 105764

Incomplete bodice, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: silk, linen, metal
This record contains 8 images.

Item 105295

Revolutionary War-era styled gown, Portland, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Portland Media: Silk, cotton
This record contains 9 images.

Item 105816

Bradbury family mourning dress, Standish, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Location: Standish Media: silk, linen, cotton
This record contains 9 images.

Item 105660

Mary K. Scrimgeour's elaborate evening coat, Ontario, ca. 1875

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1875 Location: Lewiston Media: silk
This record contains 10 images.

Item 105343

Sarah Bowman Winter's "fancy weave" coat, Bath, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Windham; Bath Media: cotton, silk, wool
This record contains 5 images.

Item 105491

Gold damask dress, ca. 1855

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1855 Media: silk, cotton, wool
This record contains 8 images.

Item 110406

Margaret Richardson in her grandmother's wedding dress, Boston, ca. 1897

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1897 Location: Portland; Boston Media: cabinet card

Item 105664

Eleanor M. Hennessey's graduation dress, Portland, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Portland Media: silk, cotton, metal
This record contains 18 images.

Item 48950

Hattie Carnegie Hat, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Portland Media: Wool, fur, linen

Item 54202

Evening dress croquis, Paris, 1931

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1931 Media: Ink, pencil on paper, fabric

Item 105709

Bessie Rodis' wedding gown, Portland, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland; Smyrna; Izmir Media: rayon, wood
This record contains 13 images.