Maine Memory Network

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"Their hats were yellow while some were red also with black in the middle with a number in front. Now the firemen wear jackets that are either black…"

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… while others work in both blue collar and white collar jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"… been at Dunstan Landing and other yards were at Black Point on the Nonesuch River and the Libby River.(1) By the 1840s, a railroad drawbridge…"

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."

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Wray, Matt, Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness, 2006, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C."

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

"It’s a time when blacks and whites weren’t supposed to be living together in the same household. The races, even in the north that was supposedly so…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"… customs, prescribing when, and for how long, dull blacks were proper, and when glossy silk, jet jewelry, touches of white, and half mourning…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society Two lace dresses, one black and one white, provide further examples of this high waist reform style, which also reflects…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"The red fine knit dolman sleeve sweater was originally worn with the skirt and the collection also includes the black high heel shoes that completed…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… sockster’s dress is a white collared blue and white cotton gingham with a full gathered skirt and stiff net petticoat, associated with Ann Clark…"

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

"… examples there is a slim fully lined, black and multi-colored floral print chiffon with a shoulder cape; a tubular black rayon crepe with a bright…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"The students and teachers wrote on the boards with chunks of chalk and erased with cloth rags. Soon, the slate board was invented and it was then…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… with a black rayon knit bodice attached to a black and white tweedy skirt and matching tweedy three-quarter sleeve edge to edge jacket with small…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"… bodice, attached to a long tapering wrap around black skirt, and a heavy red rayon waist sash with an outsize (oversized) bow and long ties at one…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… pagoda sleeves, and double layered skirt; a blue, black and white stripe with double pagoda sleeves and frizzé fringe braid trimming with an…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… a bustle include a pale green damask edged with white rabbit fur for evening; and a velvet trimmed multicolored, striped wool, printed jacket…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"They feature high waists, narrow bodices, low drawstring necklines, and skirts with gathers at center back."

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

"… Church, Bessie Rodis wore a wedding gown made of white rayon satin with machine lace detailing, and featuring and a striking, very wide panel of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… empty and a pair of fine calf boots with either white silk or white cotton gloves with red stripes on the pants." Below that on the page, he drew…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… conferences at the House Restaurant, visited the White House, and met with members of the Maine Congressional delegation."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Cammock and Jocelyn had known each other at Piscataqua where Cammock had been an agent of Gorges and Mason until he assumed proprietorship of his…"