Maine Memory Network

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: A Wabanaki Perspective - Page 4 of 4

"In the 18th century, the religious and racialized supremacy laid out in the Doctrine of Discovery was just becoming structured enough so that Indian…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"… members, however, showed significant change over the same time period, slowly including more women as we approached the close of the 20th century."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Lobstering

"Islanders caught lobsters as early as the homesteading times, but most of the lobsters caught were to keep food on their tables."

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

"… the late 1800s, then onto the early part of the 20th century and the Building of the Arts Era when concerts, festivals, dance and theatre were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"The intersection saw the addition of several gas stations and a convenience market in the 1950s. A little later, the church stopped its services, and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Development of an Island-wide Identity

"… Memorial Library In the latter half of the 20th century, old institutions grew and new ones arose that tended to unite the island."

Historic Clothing Collection - Children's Wear

"… and clothing and select examples of everyday or more formal wear. As yet, representation of children’s 20th century clothing is limited."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"Fritz Kreisler The Kreislers and Schellings outside the Building of The Arts Northeast Harbor Library The legendary violinist and composer…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"Town reports from the early 20th century record payment of care for those that boarded the sick and infirmed, transported to the mainland those who…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Fashions Far & Away

"These items are part of a well documented early 20th century group of garments brought to Maine by Toy Len Goon."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… be Rhode Island’s worst maritime disaster of the 20th century, the Larchmont was hit by a coal-hauling schooner, the Harry Knowlton."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"From the 1880s to the end of the 20th century, Lubec and Eastport were the twin centers of this fishery industry."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"As society progressed onward to the early 20th century, school was considered much more important, but homework was blamed for children's problems…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"After the start of the 20th century, students had less pressure to support the family farm, and education became more important."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"At the turn of the 20th century, Postmaster Nelson Walker was also the town’s undertaker. At that time, licensing and embalming were not required…"

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

"… much of the 1960s with a superimposition of aspects of other periods, from the twenties and forties to "mods" and "hippies" melding into a scene…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 2 of 2

"Her satin ball gown features the almost natural level waist of the 1820s. The wide waistband and puff sleeve cuffs are trimmed with the fashionable…"

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

"… in Maine, from those in the blueberry territory of downeast Cherryfield, to southern Maine paper and silk manufacturing Westbrook, embraced this…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"In anticipation of a social event during her visit to the small stylish town of Wiscasset in 1800, young Eliza Southgate wrote home urging her mother…"

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

"… is a reminder that, probably thanks to local sea captains, some Maine ladies received lengths of the Chinese silks made for the Western market."

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

"Mrs. Rines, wife of Henri Rines, founder of Maine Broadcasting System, is said to have worn the dress to their daughter Mary (Rines) Thompson's…"

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

"Made of camel colored wool, the bodice is constructed with a neat waist-level faux jacket, cream silk front insert, brown velvet standing collar…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"Stanley, 511½ Congress Street, Portland, Maine," features a mid-1890s balloon-sleeved blouse of red figured dress silk, the silk type now affordable…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"The dress' provenance is complicated by its backstory. The dress is said to have been created (updated) for an 1825 ball in Portland, in honor of…"