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Historic Clothing Collection - Minimalist wool skirt suit, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"Minimalist wool skirt suit, ca. 1943 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description This powder blue three-piece wool suit is…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… deep bands of cord knotting; a child's turquoise wool cape embroidered with a vine and trapunto-like grape border; and a heavy black wool with tab…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… and a velvet trimmed multicolored, striped wool, printed jacket trimmed in velvet. More elaborate examples include a rich brown and gold jacquard…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"One is an elegant tubular purple wool challis (lightweight wool), softened with an over-skirt effect, and featuring a satin and net-filled V…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"Wool and the new synthetic, nylon, were reserved for the war effort leaving cotton, rayon with some wool for the home market."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… black satin coat, and in a collarless red wool coat trimmed with silk cord scrolling and silk covered buttons."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… an active country life, fine quality English dark wool broadcloth, and skilled tailoring led to the rise of superior English tailored male dress."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"1890-1900 Green wool dress with red satin and black braid details, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society By about 1898, the sleeve had deflated…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Plum skirt suit with cape, ca. 1945 - Page 1 of 3

"… Society Description This plum-colored wool suit exemplifies the chunky square styling popular in late 1942 and in 1943, often seen in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… petticoat of bright pink calamanco (polished wool) with a linsey-woolsey (linen and wool) lining provides an example of the quilted skirts worn…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"Made of camel colored wool, the bodice is constructed with a neat waist-level faux jacket, cream silk front insert, brown velvet standing collar…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"Adams' ensemble of lightweight camel colored wool exemplifies an extreme and short-lived mid-19th century bustle skirt style known as the cuirasse."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"A dusty pink knit-like woven wool fabric robe with padded shoulders, and side tie closure features luxurious magenta satin lapels, cuffs, and lining…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"There is a beige wool check pant suit with the long pointed collar of the time, and a short jacket labelled "Crazy Horse", and a wine and navy blue…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"Made of lightweight camel colored wool, it’s below knee length basque fits closely over a flat front skirt edged with a wide band of pleating."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"… the fashion scene, to be followed by polyester, wool-like acrylic and many others. Nylon's crease resistant, wash and drip-dry qualities were novel…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… certainly the case with, for example, a tattered wool country cloak found at a farm in Standish (pictured at left)."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… in the collection is a Geoffrey Beene long gray wool A-line, high waist, sleeveless, square neck dress."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Farmington's Agricultural Pursuits

"Cash price for carding wool was 4 cents per pound (approx. $.82 per pound today). Wool and hay continued to be large exports of Farmington well into…"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"He raised sheep for their wool, and the wool would have been sold for money, made into clothes, or used for household work."

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"… tan and brown.The fabrics were made of mostly wool and rarely made of cotton because of its expense."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"Huge quantities of raw wool were being produced in England in the mid to late 1700s just as Hallowell was being settled."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - 1840 U.S. Census Questions

"How many pounds of wool? Hops? Wax? 6. How many tons of hay? Hemp? Flax? 7. How many pounds of sugar? Silk cocoons? 8."

Blue Hill, Maine - Long Island: The Forgotten Community - Page 2 of 3

"… spun, wove, and knit their clothing from the wool of their own sheep, and lived within their own resources." By 1850 there were 123 people on the…"