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Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"… could you ever live through the circumstances of fashion like many did during the 1940s? Fashion More examples of fashion during the '40's"

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

"Two suits in the MHS collection may be late 1940s possibly early 1950s interpretations of the new "pencil" skirt suit."

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"The square, broad shoulders first gained popularity during the 1930s, while the shorter, knife pleat skirt is indicative of war-time fashions."

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

"… the democratic, equalizing nature of modern fashion, as well as the extent of fashion media and movie influence."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"In more fashionable quarters, before the new fashion blazed its trail, European and American designers experimented, producing some exotic creations."

Life on a Tidal River - Resources

"Fashions of a Decade: The 1940s (Fashions of a Decade). New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. Olian, Joanne (Ed). Everyday Fashions of the Forties."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"This was especially true in the early 1940s as evidenced by the following records of Surry students: 1940 Sylvia Whitney, Valedictorian;1942, George…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… 2003Thomaston Historical Society During the 1940s through the 1970s, the world bypassed Thomaston and the area, sparing the town from…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… economy though in decline from peak years in the 1940s. Road construction towards bridge, Lubec, 1962 Lubec Historical Society Final…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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