Keywords: 1860s outerwear
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860
"Outerwear 1830-1860 Wide crinolines restricted outerwear to wraps, shawls, capes, and easy fitting garments such as a black and brown watered silk…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 2 of 4
"Early examples include a blueish purple 1860s highly trimmed walking dress with a short basque (a fitted jacket-like bodice) and flat fronted skirt…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4
"In the 1860s and 1870s small thread mills, such as the Haskell Silk Company of Westbrook proliferated, producing the special twist thread in high…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4
"… Historical Society In the late 1850s early 1860s, crinolines reached their largest dimensions."