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

"… of affordable American designed, well-fitting clothing for college girls, women’s wear, and casual wear for every occasion and activity."

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

"… designer famous for his elegant and timeless clothing. In the post war era, draped details, outsize bows, bunches, and swags were prominent design…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Surry Opera Company Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994Surry Historical Society Text by Kate Mrozicki Images…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away

"… garments and fabrics are an integral part of American fashion, and of the collection at Maine Historical Society."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"… the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876, Americans were surprised to learn that they were American made rather than imports."

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

"1960Maine Historical Society As earlier noted, American designers and the now highly successful garment industry, were well able to mass produce…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"The American broad silk industry became firmly established during the 1880s. By the 1890s a profusion of colored, affordable (but not cheap)…"

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

"… include English designers Mary Quant and Biba, American Bonnie Cashin, French Givenchy and St. Laurent. "Felix" Crimplene dress, ca."

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

"… the new braid and trimming branch of the nascent American silk industry. In complete contrast, a simple plain white unadorned organdy summer dress…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… of the many women who, from the beginnings of the American fashion industry in the 1920s, found opportunities in fashion fields such as designing…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… costly silk, contributing to the decline of the American silk industry. Rayon was manufactured into many kinds of woven fabrics for dresses and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… essentially announced the beginning of the American bustle era. This white evening dress reflected that fashion edict with its flat, plain front…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… Description After the Civil War, American-manufactured silk fabrics, threads and trimmings, along with the sewing machine, encouraged…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Another company was built to make clothes pins, peavey and pick–pole handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… a plywood mill, veneer mill, baseball bat mill, clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"There were barber shops, clothing stores and many convenient stores and restaurants. All of these great jobs and opportunities went downhill when the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"By 1880 John Bangs was a clothing manufacturer. Mr. Bangs had a wife, Clara, and three sons, and by 1910 he was a widower, living in Nebraska."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… incorporated and Presque Isle had its first water company, the Presque Isle Water Company, which built and operated the reservoir at Mantle Lake to…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… were also two mining companies, the Blue Hill Bay Company and the East Surry Company. Despite the town's many businesses however, a worldwide…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and Bath Department Store), several men’s clothing stores and beauty parlors, many restaurants and a number of jewelry stores added to the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"Also, steamboats were used for shipping food, lumber and clothes that were not on the railroad out of Lincoln to the rest of the towns and cities on…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… another great downtown fire, one which consumed a clothing store, caused little more than a hiccup, as the store rebuilt immediately."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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