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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"Crimplene became synonymous with 1960s and 1970s fashions. Two Crimplene examples in the collection were likely conservative special occasion dresses."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… these developments in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and young women dressing or wearing hair and make-up like their mothers…"

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

"While French fashions inspired design, fashion conscious U.S. consumers began to recognize and appreciate the work of American designers such as…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"… Historical Society A late or left over from the 1960s example is a synthetic double knit long sleeve purple, tan and white bold diagonal plaid…"

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

"… of a mix and match period retaining much of the 1960s with a superimposition of aspects of other periods, from the twenties and forties to "mods"…"

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

"Near the end of her career in the 1960s and 1970s, Chanel earned acclaim with her beautiful braid trimmed jacket suits. Metallic lurex gown, ca."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… about the island telephone system took place in the 1960s. As you will hear in the audio, the phone system was old fashioned even for the '60s."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 3 of 3

"… by Laura Ashley's romantic designs, two late 1960s bridesmaid dresses offer a contrast between ongoing traditional and newer more casual wedding…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… of its red aluminum siding installed in the 1960s) on the former site of the big barn and he and his family moved in and began to live in Asticou…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… teachers kept order at Oak Hill Primary in the 1960s. They told us to “sit up straight and fold your hands.” Nowadays discipline is much different…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"“We had no backpacks and no homework, and we kept all our school books at school.” Throughout the next fifty years, homework cycled in and out of…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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