Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Architecture in the 20th Century

"The various architectural styles blend nicely throughout the town, reflecting the various customs, styles and tastes of their occupants over the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… Historical Society Expensive establishment old style couture or similar high style-type clothing still retained appeal, but only to a shrinking…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"… of a mix and match period retaining much of the 1960s with a superimposition of aspects of other periods, from the twenties and forties to "mods"…"

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

"… Historical Society A late or left over from the 1960s example is a synthetic double knit long sleeve purple, tan and white bold diagonal plaid…"

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

"Near the end of her career in the 1960s and 1970s, Chanel earned acclaim with her beautiful braid trimmed jacket suits. Metallic lurex gown, ca."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"By the 1960s, Bowdoin and Colby had abandoned the Georgian for the modern. Eaton Tarbell was a larger-than-life figure, sporting a signature bow tie…"

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"From here on until the mid 1960s, the Savage family and neighborhood of Asticou dove head first into and played a key role in the hospitality…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… a massive urban renewal project in the early 1960s, Sears and its chain stores in Bath were left without enough facilities and parking."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… of its red aluminum siding installed in the 1960s) on the former site of the big barn and he and his family moved in and began to live in Asticou…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"By the late 1960s, his collection was overflowing his own as well as borrowed barns around southern Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"And in the late 1960s, Farmington experienced another change - consolidation. Farmington joined surrounding towns to become what we know as SAD #9…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"During the 1960s, a formal urban renewal proposal that would have turned the downtown into an open-air shopping mall was rejected, with major…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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