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Colby College Special Collections
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Blake Library Special Collections, UMFK
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Early Maine Photography - The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection
"When Vickery returned from World War II, his collecting broadened to include Maine books, pamphlets, ephemera, manuscripts, and photographs of all…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Men's Wear
"The collection includes, a number of vests, an assortment of early 1800-1900 frock and cutaway coats, and importantly, a group of high quality…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms
"… Uniform Slide Show A somewhat large collection of Armed Services uniforms within the Maine Historical Society collection are complimented by…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms
"… Uniform Slide Show A somewhat large collection of Armed Services uniforms within the Maine Historical Society collection are complimented by…"
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Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library
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Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview
"1820Maine Historical Society This collection portal consists of introduction narratives, followed by chronological groupings, supported through…"
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Early Maine Photography - MHS Early Maine Photography Collections
"… to miscellaneous collections, known as "complied collections" or "artificial collections," which typically separated images by medium or size, and…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Children's Wear
"This selection gives a brief outline of the MHS collection of childrens’ wear, which at present includes a large quantity of 19th century baby and…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century
"Most of the collections' mid twentieth century garments stem from the Westbrook College collection. The exception being Korean and Vietnam War-era…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries
"… be added to this site, in hopes of exploring the collection's wide variety, and sharing new acquisitions."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away
"This slide show highlights the collection's 19th century traditional Chinese embroidered pleated skirt, and other items ranging in use from personal…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear
"This assortment is a representation of the types of casual or active wear items to be found in the overall Maine Historical Society collection."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse
"… the job was much more extensive as this informative and unusual group of surviving items from the Maine Historical Society collection illustrates."
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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930
"Full sleeves of the same style are found in the collection's three-button black satin coat, and in a collarless red wool coat trimmed with silk cord…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2
"Where larger institutions tend to focus on luxurious high fashions, the MHS Historic Dress Collection, in common with most fellow regional…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2
"The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection Major Judkin's Cape, ca. 1835Maine Historical Society Rarity makes examples of old…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4
"… 'ordinary' dresses from the 1850s within the MHS collection include a brown cotton calico dress with yellow floral sprigs, and another with pink…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4
"… unmistakably "New Look" inspired examples in the collection. A tiny black and white check rustling nylon seersucker dress, with red piped details…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3
"… Historical Society As seen, sections of the collection remain to be enhanced with further examples filling in the Maine fashion story."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4
"The collection holds numerous more modern message T-shirts, but as of yet, no roll hemmed '50s jeans, or much in the area of 1950s teen clothing."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3
"… for mini dresses, there are no examples in this collection nor is there representation of home-made or purchased typical mini dresses."