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Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2

"Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Sally Holmes of Alfred wore this evening gown in…"

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

"Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description An 1867 issue of Peterson's Magazine…"

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

"Adeline Rines' evening gown, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society Of a similar date, Portland’s Adeline Rines owned a peach rayon full length georgette…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"1930-1940 Evening gown with pink decorative motif, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society Fashions from the Great Depression years range from…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… of quilting complexity were worn under short gowns (so called because they extended only a short distance below the waist over the petticoat), and…"

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

"1800-1830 Gown with leaf motif, ca. 1825Maine Historical Society As of 2020, the MHS collection includes no examples of 1820s colored cotton…"

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

"'B Green Room' gown, ca. 1975Maine Historical Society Perhaps the most elegant, and certainly unusual, evening dress in the collection is a Geoffrey…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… caliber gowns from Lewiston; a 1930s ‘Delphic’ gown and others by Jessie Franklin Turner; and a 1970s Geoffrey Beene evening dress in the MHS…"

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

"… in robes and elegant understated evening gowns, fitted and made for specific clients. A dusty pink knit-like woven wool fabric robe with padded…"

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

"… MHS collection includes a group of early 1900s gowns in very good condition, among them Sarah E. Thomas’ brown printed silk, shown at the left."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"1799Maine Historical Society Slender cotton gown, Buckfield, ca. 1805Maine Historical Society The fashions of 1800-1805 are represented at…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"Two gowns are made of imported, probably English, woven floral silks. Such textiles were the product of highly skilled, intensive hand labor, and an…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… & At Home Dresses View the Wrappers, Tea Gowns & At Home Dresses Slide Show Wrapper is the traditional term used for the gowns gathered…"

Historic Clothing Collection - White cotton dress with gigot sleeves, Portland, ca. 1828 - Page 1 of 2

"… on white fabric) is reminiscent of christening gowns or ceremonial items. The dress is associated with the Longfellow family of Portland."

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"… Century Embellished velvet and silk gown, ca. 1895Maine Historical Society Lewiston's Mary King Scrimgeour's small, but outstanding, group…"

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

"Langdon T. Snips in 1896. Another is a statuesque gown of heavy cream satin, a similar fabric to the Haskell Silk Company wedding satin."

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

"The same three gowns also illustrate 1830s bodice pleat and gather detailing, and the fuller skirts, that in combination with the return of the…"

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

"… McDonald's tube skirted, black lace dinner gown features a short bodice, standing collar and yoke of delicate figured net lace."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… edge-to-edge collarless beige silk and wool evening coat with typical early century cream silk cord patterning down the front, and long silk ribbon…"

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

"Norman Norell evening dress, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society The second example features a V neck, cream satin dolman sleeve bodice, attached to a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… Man" advertisements, as well as the Saturday Evening Post covers, featuring sporty young women and men wearing shirts."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"Even in such far flung places as Maine (then thinly inhabited), the financially comfortable genteel members of its small and scattered communities…"

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

"… the beginning of the bustle era with descriptions of evening dresses flat and plain in the front with skirts gathered in a bunch at the back."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… pale green damask edged with white rabbit fur for evening; and a velvet trimmed multicolored, striped wool, printed jacket trimmed in velvet."