Maine Memory Network

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

"… bands embellishing the asymmetrical jacket front opening. Fitting close over the hips, the gored skirt flares at the hemline, heralding the style…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… cape; a wide dark brown wadded coat, with an open front, gathered back waist, and voluminous matching cape trimmed with deep bands of cord…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"… silk lining visible under the fitted jacket’s open work detailing, and full length rustling aquamarine silk petticoat seen under openwork on the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… drape detail; and a rust wide shouldered textured heavy rayon crepe with a sequined bodice styled with an open back and left hip drape detail."

Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"The skirt is lined with an open weave cotton, and the bottom of the skirt is lined with a Moiré, or rippled effect, black horsehair."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… they were visible in the inverted V skirt front openings. Lucia Wadsworth's "assembly dress," Portland, ca."

Norway Memorial Library

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Southwest Harbor Public Library

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Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 1 of 3

"… and the school held its first public graduation ceremony in 1930 at Portland’s Cathedral Guild Hall, where eight graduates received diplomas."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"Pike as Master of Ceremonies. Eleanor Roosevelt attended the dedication, two days after her 78th birthday, but weak from recent hospitalization."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"In 1965 there was an opening ceremony at the Library’s current location and since then the Library has been recognized as an international resource…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"This vessel could transport seven to eight vehicles, opening up a new era of island history. The ferry service operates out of Bass Harbor for…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… need for sporting events, dances, and graduation ceremonies to be held at the town hall. The school was further expanded in 1956 when a new…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"Automation Ceremony X Automation One by one U. S. lighthouses moved from manned to automated. The transition came inevitably to West Quoddy, on…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"Cohen attended the renaming ceremony on December 20th, 1997. "I am deeply touched by the decision of the Bangor School Committee to rename Garland…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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