Maine Memory Network

Elihu Washburne on clothes and Unitarian preachers, Cambridge, 1839

Contributed by: Washburn Norlands Living History Center Date: 1839-04-24 Location: Cambridge; Livermore; Galena Media: Ink on paper

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Camp Mosquito, Caucmgomic Stream, 1911

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1911 Media: Photographic print

Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees

From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.

Northern Threads: Civil War-era clothing

An exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads, Part 1," featuring American Civil War civilian and military clothing, 1860 to 1869.

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"Police officers wore light undershirts and a heavier warmer jacket to cover them, and these two items were normally tan and brown.The fabrics were…"

Vietnam Memoirs
by David Chessey

MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND MY OBSERVATION OF NATIONWIDE OPINIONS CONCERNING THE “VIET NAM" WAR