Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Active & Casual Wear

"Active & Casual Wear View the Active & Casual Wear Slide Show The growing and changing range of outdoor and indoor activities pursued by the…"

Winter Harbor Historical Society

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Ski Museum of Maine

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Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"… a few close friends for tea, a reciprocal activity that maintained social relationships. It is also suggested that, complex though they appear, the…"

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

"… participation in the workforce and outdoor activities, favored a more naturally curved silhouette with plain, sensible skirts (still worn with…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… century English taste for clothes suited to an active country life, fine quality English dark wool broadcloth, and skilled tailoring led to the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"… increasing female participation in outdoor activities such as lawn tennis, ball games, and bicycling contributed to demand for, and development of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… blouses that became the norm for the working and active woman's everyday wear could be purchased ready-made."

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

"… wear, and casual wear for every occasion and activity. Red and green check suit, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society Dior introduced his famous…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"The three garments made by Turner (active 1923-1942) are associated with Margaret Payson of Falmouth, known locally as "Miss Margaret." Turner…"

Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"33, no. 4 (Winter 2013), pp. 675-700, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press). See also, Hatch, Maine, 188-202."

Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"During the winter of 1797, residents from across Maine sent petitions to the General Court in Massachusetts demanding a vote on separation."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 1 of 2

"During the 1870s the ice trade was very active. Huge ice-storage houses were built along the river, and the harvest was stored packed in hay as well…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"There was still a good deal of agricultural activity going on in the area, but new industries taking advantage of the river and the sea were starting…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rustic furniture, Bangor, 1865

"… Street, found business especially slow in the winter of 1865. He reported that he "employed my vacant hours in making a rustick armed chair, a…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 3 of 3

"In the winter she stayed with friends in Lewiston. The Rangeley Record ran her obituary ending with this message: “Rangeley has lost one of its most…"

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"… to play anywhere, sliding down the streets in winter, exploring the surrounding woods, and playing in the brook in summer."

Thomaston Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Lime Works

"… We must get out as much wood of our own this winter as possible, and as many teams are to be hired as can be, and employed in hauling kiln-wood to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… the Medieval Warm Period, a group of people would winter at the mouth of Presque Isle Stream. They lived in a 3 meter wide, 6 meter long birchbark…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… area and in 1781 eight families spent their first winter in the new settlement. Out of the six original explorers who marked out their lots in 1776…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… Ski Club, founded in the early 1920s, offered winter Nordic and Cross Country skiing, and hosted an annual winter carnival, first at its ski jump…"