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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society X Celebrating Maine Historical Society’s 200th anniversary (2022)…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Nineteenth Century

"Early Nineteenth Century Leavitt family coat-dress, Eastport, ca. 1830Maine Historical Society Some fashion changes are distinct and occur…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Northern Threads Part I: ca. 1780-1889 Northern Threads was a two-part…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society Why collect historic clothing? Clothing or dress study is a new discipline."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… trimmed shoulder cape; a wide dark brown wadded coat, with an open front, gathered back waist, and voluminous matching cape trimmed with deep bands…"

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

"The skirt illustrates the popular short basque coat style, with it's fitted jacket-like bodice. The bodice has very low set trumpet sleeves, and a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"… and her openwork cream silk and chiffon opera coat are certainly Maine dressmaker made. Encrusted with turn-of-the-century details and trimmings…"

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

"… Melville Philpot wore a black satin lapel tail coat, vest and elegant gray black striped trousers."

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

"… the hip length belted white vinyl pea or trench coat. There is a green and gold madras plaid cotton searsucker maxi skirt, and a white cotton pique…"

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

"… and heavy tussah three quarter length belted coat travel outfit; and a long, collared, short sleeved, tube-shaped dress entirely covered with red…"

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

"… group, a structured black rayon taffeta theater coat associated with Marion Johnson is high waisted, featuring a dramatic wide spreading collar…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Comparisons

"In Maine, the ice storm became a National Emergency. In both cases, power lines were downed and trees were destroyed, people were told to stay…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Bangor, 1849

"The form of the cap is exact, the outlines of the coat and boots very near. his rifile was encased to the lock his valise I carried to the exchange…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… hat drab or yellow pants & vest sometimes a black coat & sometimes dark or brown most generally cut frock coat and as a rule smokes a cigar while…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"… band uniforms were "blue broadcloth long frock coat & pants cap about way between a navy and a fighting man pants trimmed with gold cordon the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Welcome to Swan's Island!

"Welcome to Swan's Island! Burnt Coat Harbor X Swan's Island, a six mile ferry ride out of Bass Harbor in Mount Desert Island, is the current…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… Junior "attention, order arms," in his dress coat, and going to drill. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… wearing "a bear skin cap a fine red broad cloth coat a pair of fine black broad cloth pants a fine cotton shirt with linen dickey a knapsack empty…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Cotton twill bell bottom pants, ca. 1975 - Page 1 of 3

"1975 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"… farm, I worked cleaning cars and as a grease monkey. Also at night I would go down to Carroll’s and under-coat cars to keep them from rusting."

Historic Hallowell - Day 8

"… January 14th the storm ended leaving behind ice coated streets, cars, power lines, tree limbs and many houses without heat and power."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Rain froze on the limbs, coating them in a deep glaze of deadly ice and causing them to fall on utility lines and roads."

Historic Hallowell - History of The Cotton Mill

"The Cotton Mill made jeans, sheeting, coat lining, and prints. At its height in 1866, there were two hundred people working at the mill at one time."

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

"1824 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Sally Holmes of Alfred wore this evening gown in Washington, DC during James…"