Maine Memory Network

Melancholy Shipwreck, Cape Elizabeth, 1807

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1807 Location: Cape Elizabeth Media: Ink on paper

“Lines Composed on the Death of Joseph J. Sager,” ca. 1835

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1835 Location: Augusta Media: Ink on paper

The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

Of Note: Maine Sheet Music

<i>Of Note: Maine Sheet Music</i> features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine's landscape graced the sheet music covers.

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.