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

"… silk dress with an almost-bloused bodice, shallow pointed waist, gathered skirt and long straight sleeves contrasts with a finely dressmaker-made…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Arcy Cary Bradford's gigot sleeve wedding dress, ca. 1829 - Page 1 of 2

"… stitching suggests the waist was lowered at some point. Arcy (Cary) Bradford (1795-1855) married Dr. Richmond Bradford on September 3, 1829."

Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"… broad contextual background at appropriate points in the narrative. Throughout the text, attention is drawn to items or clusters of items…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"Recent scholarship points to the possibility that the most sophisticated versions such as the first three listed in this slide show, were perhaps…"

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

"… chemise with a hemline of velveteen handkerchief points. Lengthening skirts of the later 1920s are illustrated by a a red and gold metallic lace…"

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

"… is a beige wool check pant suit with the long pointed collar of the time, and a short jacket labelled "Crazy Horse", and a wine and navy blue…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"At this point the T-shirt moved out from being underwear to become an icon of masculinity and rebelliousness."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"… nylon seersucker dress, with red piped details, pointed collar, dolman sleeves, red plastic belt, and very full ‘circle’ gored skirt with an…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… feminine look was happily embraced by some, but a point of controversy among those who thought the fashion too extravagant, and perhaps a little…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… side and back double box pleats and a double pointed bodice; and a reddish-brown and green jacquard leafy patterned silk, tightly cartridge pleated…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… straight at the front waist forming a curved point at the back, three quarter sleeves frilled at the elbow, and a full skirt."

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

"… research, study, and exhibition of clothing from points of view of, for instance, social history, material culture, aesthetics, technology…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Bangor, Me.: BookMarc's Publishing, 1999. Print. Thompson, Deborah. Bangor, Maine, 1769-1914: an architectural history."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"Thompson's Corner, Bath, ca. 1909Patten Free Library When John Calvin Stevens built the new buildings he made them commercial buildings as the…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Peru

"… John Fox of Portland in 1792; in 1794 to Isaac Thompson, Joshua Eddy, and William Thompson, all of Middleborough; lastly, to James Sprout of…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"Barry Thompson, the purser, presented the freight list which began with the following introduction: “We greet the people of Lubec."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… and writers such as Lily Tomlin, Tom Waits, Emma Thompson, and David Mamet. In 1916, the same year she debuted on Broadway, Draper performed a…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… streets, Bath, 1894Patten Free Library Thompson's Corner, Bath, ca. 1909Patten Free Library While Bath thrived in the 1890s as the wooden…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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