Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… heavy black wool with tab toggle closures, with a 1850s-1860s burnoose style fixed-in-place hood. A well worn men's black wool "country cape," not…"

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

"The frilled trimming may be a 1850s update. Damask dress, ca. 1848Maine Historical Society With its pointed waist and piped edge front closure…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… Society Examples of 'ordinary' dresses from the 1850s within the MHS collection include a brown cotton calico dress with yellow floral sprigs, and…"

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

"1859Maine Historical Society In the late 1850s early 1860s, crinolines reached their largest dimensions."

Historic Hallowell - Industry and Immigrants-A Changing Community

"The 1850s also brought significant political change, and a significant loss of territory, to Hallowell."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lunt House, Cumberland at Center streets, Bangor, ca. 1852

"… streets in Bangor as it appeared in the early 1850s when his brother-in-law Luther Cary bought it."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"Burnham of Bangor in the 1850s. Between 1790 and 1840 silhouettes were an inexpensive alternative to portrait miniatures for creating images of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Ownership Starting with Oliver Moses in the 1850s, the building has always been owned by an individual or organization separate from the retail…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… were joined by more elaborate structures in the 1850s and 60s to form the modern reach of the downtown."