Maine Memory Network

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

"… there is a red high waisted full length long dress with a matching two pocket blazer style jacket; and a dusty rose long dress with three button…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"The collection includes a variety of 1880s bustle dresses with heavily draped and layered skirts, all of which would have required some sort of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 3 of 3

"1907Maine Historical Society Made of sturdy linen, a straight skirted day dress features areas of bold crochet lace embellishing the skirt, the wide…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"1965Maine Historical Society A group of short dresses in the collection, but not truly "mini" dresses, are straight or shapeless with loose, and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… by a a red and gold metallic lace two-tiered dress from Bergdorf Goodman's (NY) with a longer skirt back; and an ankle length tube shaped greenish…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 2 of 4

"… a blueish purple 1860s highly trimmed walking dress with a short basque (a fitted jacket-like bodice) and flat fronted skirt flaring out at the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"Two-piece dress and blouse, ca. 1912Maine Historical Society The other Martha Riley example is a cream-colored wool dress with a similarly tubular…"

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

"… worn in 1968, is a long formal bridesmaid dress of lemon nylon taffeta, with a nylon chiffon overdress, high round neck, long sleeves and cotton…"

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

"A dress from this period made of a weightier ribbed gray and pale blue shot silk features cuffed pagoda sleeves and is notable, first for its very…"

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

"… and piped edge front closure, a white damask dress provides a fine example of the 1840s into 1850s bodice."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"A selection of three dresses serve to illustrate the gigot sleeve’s rise and fall from outsize balloon puffs at the shoulder, followed by mid-arm…"

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

"An example of such is a shortish everyday dress made of narrow vertical red and white striped cotton, which may date from the late 1940s or into the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 2 of 3

"… a silk chiffon neckpiece; a white figured silk dress, with a standing collar and spreading cape-like detachable collar of crochet and tape lace…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… to center waist contrive a pelerine effect on a brown taffeta plaid dress. Although of the period, the dress includes a noticeably altered waist."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"Most outstanding is a ca. 1905 long, body-fitting dress with white crescent embroidery, a three-quarter double skirt from the hips, and long…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"Aside from wedding dresses, a bodice with a black satin vest-effect, labeled "Miss L. K. Stanley, 511½ Congress Street, Portland, Maine," features a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3

"1855Maine Historical Society In this age of cotton industry growth, attractive 1840s printed cottons were affordable and readily available, yet they…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"Dated about 1886, Ida M. Bowles wedding dress, a two-piece brown faille (ribbed appearance fabric) ensemble, is notable for iridescent hexagonal…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"… upper sleeves of a detailed, very fine quality dress-maker made woven striped pink (now faded) silk dress with a spencer-like (jacket) bodice, an…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"The simple dress features a front closure with four large flat pearl buttons, waist level buckled belt, and a straight skirt with a single neat pleat…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"There are gaps in representation, but as the examples in the overview make clear from the eighteenth to the late twentieth centuries, Maine's…"

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

"… collection’s nearest to a teen bobby sockster’s dress is a white collared blue and white cotton gingham with a full gathered skirt and stiff net…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"For example, Helen Little Hamm's tan chiffon dress, with an uneven knee-length hemline features a low-slung swag of brown velvet draped from one hip…"

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

"… for Highlight"; and a two piece consisting of a dress, with a black rayon knit bodice attached to a black and white tweedy skirt and matching…"