Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3

"… white damask dress provides a fine example of the 1840s into 1850s bodice. Elongated, boned, and close fitting, it is perfectly smooth over the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3

"… faded, thin cotton print dresses span the 1830s-1840s. One is a white flower sprig design with gathered horizontal strips across the wide neck…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"1830Maine Historical Society Gigot sleeve dress, ca. 1834Maine Historical Society Gigot sleeve dress, ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Atkins House, Jefferson Street, Bangor, 1851

"… (1823-1907) purchased the house sometime in the 1840s from merchant Rufus Prince, for whom Martin worked as an accountant."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… the Indian agent for the Penobscot Indians in the 1840s for several years. Martin, a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper, temperance man, and…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"… miniatures, silhouettes were replaced in the 1840s by photography, which in this case was used to reproduce what was probably a visual record of a…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… organization that flourished in Portland in the 1840s and 50s. The group took its name from the 1840 presidential campaign in which the Whig…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 1: 1885-1899, Katahdin Iron Works, Silver Lake Hotel

"… that iron works that first opened in Maine in the 1840s -- and that closed in 1890. His text, some hand-written and some newspaper clippings that…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Family pets were as treasured in the 1840s as they are today, and their owners sought to capture their images by the newly discovered means of…"