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LC Subject Heading: Mourning customs

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 103644

A father and his three children, ca. 1845

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1845 Media: Daguerreotype

Item 110542

William Minott memorial watercolor, Westbrook, ca. 1825

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1825 Location: Westbrook; Portland Media: watercolor

Item 94909

Mourning dress, Presque Isle, ca. 1860

Contributed by: Presque Isle Historical Society Date: circa 1860 Location: Presque Isle Media: Cloth

Item 105321

Crepe mourning skirt, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Media: Silk, Horsehair, Cotton, Metal
This record contains 6 images.

Item 110538

Mercy Owen Richardson's mourning veil, Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Cambridge Media: cotton
This record contains 5 images.

Item 110543

Mourning armband for George Washington, ca. 1799

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1799 Media: silk, ink
This record contains 3 images.

Item 110544

Mourning badge for Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 Media: silk

Item 110545

Dr. Cummings mourning brooch, Portland, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: gold, enameled metal, hair, glass, brass
This record contains 2 images.

Item 110546

Taber family mourning hairwork bracelet, Bristol, ca. 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Bristol Media: hair, gold, onyx
This record contains 9 images.

Item 110547

Mourning pins, ca. 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Media: metal, paper
This record contains 2 images.

Item 110548

Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow mourning pin, Portland, ca. 1829

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1829 Location: Portland Media: gold, pearl, onyx, hair
This record contains 2 images.

Item 110636

Mourning ring for Eleanor Cummings, Portland, 1824

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1824 Location: Portland Media: gold, jet
This record contains 3 images.

Item 105480

Harriet Coffin Thom's sheer overdress, ca. 1815

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1815 Location: Gloucester; Londonderry Media: silk, silver

Item 105813

Mourning dress for a young child, ca. 1830

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1830 Media: cotton
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 105815

Black taffeta dress, ca. 1865

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1865 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 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 21616

Skowhegan home funeral, 1927

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1927 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 26515

Bartlett Mourning ring, 1793

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1793 Location: Portland Media: Gold, watercolor on ivory
This record contains 5 images.

Item 100351

Anshe Sfard yahrzeit board, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Jewish Museum through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Wood, brass, paint

Item 100352