Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI

"Sources For A Short History Of Performing Arts On MDI Kreisler, Fritz, perf. "Beautiful Ohio." Rec. ca. 1930. Open Source Audio Collection, n.d."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History of Mount Desert Island

"A Short History of Mount Desert Island Introduction Granite mountains, Mount Desert, 1837 The granite mountains of Mount Desert Island have…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island Text by Gina Sabatani and Taylor Thomas-Marsh Nestled alongside Maine's central coast, the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 2 of 4

"… purple 1860s highly trimmed walking dress with a short basque (a fitted jacket-like bodice) and flat fronted skirt flaring out at the back."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Dirigo Writing Book, Farmington, 1887

"… Schools" was published in Portland by Loring, Short, and Harmon--Booksellers and Stationers in Portland."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Paine House

"1950Thomaston Historical Society Shortly after his arrival in 1805, John Paine built a stately two-and-a-half storey house on a hill overlooking the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… six button, double breasted bodice attached to a short (albeit too long to be a mini dress) navy and lime green stripe skirt."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… degrees of quilting complexity were worn under short gowns (so called because they extended only a short distance below the waist over the…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan Then and Now

"… lots or chain stores, but we needed to make a short movie on this. Our town has changed dramatically over the years as you will see when looking at…"

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

"However, Mabel Graney's minimalist, possibly remodeled slate blue six button wedding skirt suit, with a front pleat short skirt suggests a wartime…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"If the section is too short, the potato picker would not have the number of full barrels wanted by the end of the day."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"The item is of a natural off-white short pile fur fabric, lined with heavy cream polyester satin, and without a label."

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

"The skirt illustrates the popular short basque coat style, with it's fitted jacket-like bodice. The bodice has very low set trumpet sleeves, and a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"White ran away from the institution, and shortly thereafter in 1922, she was murdered. Kirby admitted to both murders before he committed suicide in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 4 of 4

"… school, she became a telephone operator for a short time after graduation. Learning about my grandmother’s childhood and schooling was very…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"The Knox Hotel was rebuilt shortly after the fire. The Georges Hotel was built in 1852 on the corner of George's and West Main Street, and was…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"… and blue ribbons exhausted the millinery shops in short metre.” The first two weeks of April 1865 represented a time of celebration that the Civil…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Commercial article on World's Fair contest

"John Martin and Miss Mabel Martin leave on this morning’s train for the World’s Fair, making a short stop at Portland on the way.""

John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"Her brother Frank died shortly after birth in 1862, brother Elmer died in 1870, and sister Annie Martin Snow died in 1889."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"… high at the back; a Longfellow family spencer or short jacket; a mid-calf length brownish green wadded cloak, pink silk lined with pink silk frills…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Biographies

"Through a series of short essays and checklists. The Biographical Dictionary is an ongoing project, available full text through the Commission's…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 3 of 4

"Women’s economic activities, in short, undergirded both Wabanaki society and White New England colonists’ investment in and settlement of early Maine."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… by the dress reform movement’s revival of the short waist bodice, tubular silhouette (last popular in the early 1800s)."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"… belted coat travel outfit; and a long, collared, short sleeved, tube-shaped dress entirely covered with red and green machine embroidery."