Maine Memory Network

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Centennial souvenir pin #2, Lubec, 1911Lubec Historical Society But whatever the economic status, it seems that everyone experienced a grand time as…"

Lubec, Maine - Exhibits

"… 2011 Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911 New Exhibits Added: 08 Oct 2009 Myron Avery, Lubec and the Appalachian…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 3 of 3

"… dress, made by the Misses Macdonough of Portland, with neatly fitted pin tucked hips, tucked sleeves and silk cord scrolling at the square neck."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… mill, veneer mill, baseball bat mill, clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are…"

Historic Hallowell - Sweat on the Kennebec ~ Hallowell Steam and Boom Company

"… by laying them crosswise of the raft, driving oak pins into the opposite ends of every sixth or eighth log with two quick strokes of a tiny axe…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… but interesting, products was handmade clothes pins produced by one of the city’s more colorful tradesmen, Johnny Stringer."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 2 of 2

"… holds two large dollar bills and has another pinned to his coat. In contrast to these landscape backgrounds is the indoor setting of a tintype of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… blouses (called waists) with standing collars, pin tucking, and lace insert detailing well represented."

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Historic Hallowell - This won't hurt a bit!

"Just a pin prick! A close-up of Gilray's image of vaccination! X The Cow Pock James Gillray's 1802 depiction of the horrific results of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"With a square neck, pin tucked bodice, and short frilled edge sleeves, this worn and simple little dress is made of a coarse cotton, block printed…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Another company was built to make clothes pins, peavey and pick–pole handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… John Stringer of Hallowell (who also made clothes pins) and Benjamin F. Cunningham of Freedom, shown resting his hand on a sample miniature Empire…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… of the above head deck while the other end was pinned to the wall supporting the roof. Giant, wooden bolts were used to hold everything into place…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… them over A pole supported by 2 cruches and then pin another piece up to the end and A tent is made for 3 men."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… paper, flour, leather, shoes, toothpicks, bowling pins, clothespins, shingles, barrels, tool handles."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… the shield was also worn on student nurses’ pins. The shield was actually the badge of the Order of Ransom, founded in 1218 in the city of…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"In 1990, the organization began selling house pins from Designs by Lucinda at local vendors. Other local fundraising efforts ranged from the Sonesta…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - John Crosby

"… iron By truckage to Boston By a Paper of Pins By 1/2 bushel of salt By a bunch of thread During the Revolutionary War, John Crosby was…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Maine State documents and Proclamations

"… CLARIFICATION OF GOVERNMENT’S INTENT It’s hard to pin down the exact reasons why the Malaga Islanders were evicted."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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