Description: Black cut velvet evening gown with smock shoulders and sleeves and a cowl neck with a keyhole back. Bias cut on the diagonal. Cut velvet sash with black and gold.
Description: Black silk dress with black lace detail, tan silk yoking with black lace on neckline. Would have had a matching sash. Worn by Alma Silsby Jewett Johnston.
Description: Machine embroidered cotton bodice with net lace trims with an associated yellow rayon skirt. Lace from 1915 - 1920 circa and yellow underskirt from 1930 - 1940 circa.
Description: Pink and brown plaid long sleeve cotton dress. Sleeves very puffy at shoulder and taper to cuff. Gathered waist. Hooks in back. Letters imprinted on fabric on right cuff. Only the letter “P” is legible. Hand sewn. Probably fits a teenager. Also stored in Textile Box # T-2 with the dress is a brown fringed shawl with a bow in the upper center back; this appears to be the same color brown as the dress and may have been part of an outfit. The shawl is numbered 997-72-561.2. [show more]
Description: Child’s long sleeved. blue sprigged dress with white flowers. Lace and round white buttons down center of bodice. Ties and zips in back. Ruffle at hem. Appears to be a costume for the Bicentennial.
Description: Floral dress (orange, gold, pink, green, black) with black ribbon and black buttons (over snaps) on bodice. Short sleeves. Two ruffles at bottom. Machine sewn. Two hooks and eyes at waist band. May be a costume. Tiers of ruffles and sleeves trimmed with black cotton.
Description: Knee length black women’s dress with long sleeves and blue lining inside collar and under sash and cuffs. Wide sash around waist. Wide collar folds over neck. Hook and eye at shoulder and side.
Description: Black flapper style dress with "petal" tiers. Shoulder straps hidden by tulle. Lace around sleeves. Silver leaved embroidery around top on both front and back. Snaps in back.
Description: White Wedding Dress with ruffles and polka dotted pleats and bodice. Worn by Eunice Catherine Palmer (1887-1987) on 6/11/21 for her wedding to Dr. PFM. Gilley, dentist and resident of Southwest Harbor (parents of donor). More info in file