Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"In 1904, Mandel's Department Store in New York advertised a high quality fashionable ready-made suit priced at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"In 1907, Portland's newspaper advertised ladies long straight double-breasted silk coats with wide gathered shoulder sleeves."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… Joseph Lyendecker's famous "The Arrow Shirt Man" advertisements, as well as the Saturday Evening Post covers, featuring sporty young women and men…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… in fashion fields such as designing, advertising, and journalism. Some of the longest established and best-known names are Hattie Carnegie and…"

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

"Versions of garments such as those advertised in the New York store Gimbles' 1915 catalogue, straight tailored skirts, and similarly skirted dresses…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… suits, with slightly dropped waists advertised by stores such as New York’s Altmans would also have been available throughout Maine, but are not…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"They often featured women on their advertisements such as Davis Hatch's business card of 1880. Business owners also advertised by placing large signs…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… reopening, 1926Maine Maritime Museum In the late 19th and early 20th century, theaters were becoming a new and exciting thing in most towns."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… Senior's offices were at the Church Block in the 19th Century. The Church Block currently houses a printing company."

Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"… shipped from Hallowell until the middle of the 19th century. Huge quantities of raw wool were being produced in England in the mid to late 1700s…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Society The new reincarnation of the theater advertised “air cooled” and “ample parking” along with the open fireplace."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Chester Greenwood

"At the end of the 19th century, Chester became involved in the Telephone & Telegraph business. He owned and operated Franklin Telephone & Telegraph…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"In the late 19th Century the leisure class made remote, rustic Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada fashionable."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… educational-cultural movement popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, which traveled to the area from 1916-1932."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… could visit and learn about education in the 19th century. Frequently retired teachers played the part of the teacher – coming back to spend a day…"