Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"The collection’s 1850s dress of gold silk damask with an elongated leafy tree motif (quite distinct from imported European designs) is a reminder…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3

"The frilled trimming may be a 1850s update. Damask dress, ca. 1848Maine Historical Society With its pointed waist and piped edge front closure…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4

"1859Maine Historical Society In the late 1850s early 1860s, crinolines reached their largest dimensions."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… heavy black wool with tab toggle closures, with a 1850s-1860s burnoose style fixed-in-place hood. A well worn men's black wool "country cape," not…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… streets in Bangor as it appeared in the early 1850s when his brother-in-law Luther Cary bought it."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"… Howe made many daguerreotype portraits in the 1850s, including eleven in the Collection. Outstanding among these are an engaging image of young…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"Burnham of Bangor in the 1850s. Between 1790 and 1840 silhouettes were an inexpensive alternative to portrait miniatures for creating images of…"