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Figured silk evening dress, ca. 1845

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

"… collection—the attached densely gathered skirt would have filled out into the fashionable dome shape. Skirt circumferences expanded in the 1850s."

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Watered silk cape, ca. 1865

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"A well worn men's black wool "country cape," not restricted by fashion and the survivor of long wear, features a large practical hood."

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"Ordinary" dress, ca. 1845

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

"… Society Examples of 'ordinary' dresses from the 1850s within the MHS collection include a brown cotton calico dress with yellow floral sprigs, and…"

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Map of Maine, ca. 1825

Salmon Brook Historical Society

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Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

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."

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Full crinoline dress with fringe, ca. 1859

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

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

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Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Ownership Starting with Oliver Moses in the 1850s, the building has always been owned by an individual or organization separate from the retail…"