Keywords: Silhouette
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Early Maine Photography - Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society
"Early Maine Photography at Maine Historical Society Ellen, William Pitt Preble, and Stephen Longfellow, Portland, ca."
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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2
"Groups Anna Margaret Holwell Deering and daughters, Portland, ca. 1855Maine Historical Society Revealing contrasts are found as well in the…"
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Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2
"Groups Log Cabin and Hard Cider Club, Portland, ca. 1850Maine Historical Society The Maine Historical Society Collection contains several…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 2 of 3
"… dress illustrates what is called the “S” bend silhouette fashionable at that time. The group includes Mrs."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3
"… activities, favored a more naturally curved silhouette with plain, sensible skirts (still worn with corsets) and shirt blouses, often with stiff…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3
"… gussets at both sides retain the straight silhouette of Portland’s Marguerite Waterman Cobb's exquisite beige satin, chiffon, and silk-net short…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4
"… style disappeared, replaced by a more feminine silhouette and longer skirts. By the end of the 1920s, rayon had been improved and developed to make…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century
"Factions formed, iconic styles took hold, and silhouettes continuously changed throughout the mid twentieth century."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2
"… revival of the short waist bodice, tubular silhouette (last popular in the early 1800s). Visibly appearing less restrictive than earlier fashions…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4
"… styling gave way to the unusually slim silhouette called cuirasse (a French word meaning close fitting, like armor), of which the collection…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2
"From its start, the tubular silhouette was aided by elongated corsets that smoothed the body and raised the bust."
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2
"Simplification and the tubular silhouette remained fashionable up to the war years (WWI). Versions of garments such as those advertised in the New…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3
"1920Maine Historical Society The tubular line silhouette returned after the First World War. Two ankle length straight dresses in the MHS collection…"
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3
"… skirt lengths, and encouraged a straighter silhouette. While the collection at Maine Historical Society includes World War II military uniforms, as…"
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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement
"… for another attempt at self-sovereignty.[14] Silhouette of Peleg Wadsworth, Portland, ca. 1800Maine Historical Society The 1792 vote also…"