Maine Memory Network

Donald J. and Beverly Haley Collins Jr. wedding day, Portland, 1944

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: 1944-02-11 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Cocktail-length wedding gown, Portland, ca. 1921

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1921 Location: Portland Media: Silk, glass, silver

Fashionable Maine: early twentieth century clothing

Maine residents kept pace with the dramatic shift in women’s dress that occurred during the short number of years preceding and immediately following World War I. The long restrictive skirts, stiff collars, body molding corsets and formal behavior of earlier decades quickly faded away and the new straight, dropped waist easy-to-wear clothing gave mobility and freedom of movement in tune with the young independent women of the casual, post-war jazz age generation.

Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In

Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Dr. Gulesian was the Chief of Staff and his bride, Shirley Hainer-Gulesian, R.N, assisted at the hospital. Dr."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… at Maine Historical Society includes World War II military uniforms, as yet it holds little in the way of civilian war-era fashions."

Bonita Pothier-the definition of a trailblazer
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Overcoming the challenges of being Biddeford’s first female mayor is but a part of her contributions

The stories my parents told
by Henry Gartley

Stories from my immigrant parents, WWII, and my love of history.