Maine Memory Network

Jessie Carter's wedding dress, Bath, ca. 1896

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1896 Location: Bath Media: silk, cotton

Harriet B. Goodrich's wedding dress, Providence, RI, circa 1895

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1895 Location: Providence; Springfield Media: silk, lace, cotton

Northern Threads: Early Republic era Fashion dolls

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring Early Repulic-era (ca.1780-1820) fashion dolls.

Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical

Organized by themed vignettes, Northern Threads shares stories about Maine people, while exploring how the clothing they wore reveals social, economic, and environmental histories. This re-examination of Maine Historical Society's permanent collection is an opportunity to consider the relevance of historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of fashion styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting.

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

"This particular dress represents the trend in its early years, before the sleeve size reached its peak."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"… Harbor Library In the 21st century, these trends have been exacerbated. In 2000, the overall town valuation was $2 billion."

Warming Oceans
by David Reidmiller, Gulf of Maine Research Institute

The rate of warming in the Gulf of Maine is faster than that of more than 95% of the world’s oceans

The $ame Band
by Mike Laskey

Maine's punk rock band, 1977