Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"… red rayon waist sash with an outsize (oversized) bow and long ties at one side. A label inside the waist reads "Bonwit Teller New York…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… and grounds to correspond he is a man who always bows his head to every body he knows whether he is democrat or republican and why or how he is so…"

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

"… blouses, often with stiff collars and soft floppy bows at the neck. This second alternate mode is familiar from the "Gibson Girl" images created by…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment

"… breasts, stuffed birds, clubs, carved sticks, bows and arrows, etc. -Chisholm’s Mount Desert Guide, 1888 Indian Encampment advertisement, 1880s…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… pink rayon taffeta cocktail dress with small bows at the waist and a balloon skirt shaped with stiff interlining and a net underskirt."

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… a larger-than-life figure, sporting a signature bow tie and a gruff manner. He was deeply committed to public service, holding the offices of…"

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"They would use a bow and arrow to catch the animals in a snow drift. Out in the wilderness all of the water was frozen, so there was no way to clean…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… Higgins Beach and sustained a large hole in the bow below the waterline. The ship went ashore and the crew was able to debark."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"They spent the third night on cots made from bows under a low shelter of trees before they found the camp."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… chipped stone arrow points mark the arrival of bow and arrow technology, in addition to the age old spear and atlatl throwing board and dart."

Lincoln, Maine - MacGregor's Spool Mill

"Many a head is bowed to God in thanks for the job that will continue to put food on their tables. Clark has also promised that, in tribute to John…"

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

"… Callahan Brothers' flat bottomed, square bow skiff, operated by one of the contractor’s crew."

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"John was listed in Broken Bow, Nebraska, on the 1890 Veterans Schedule and in 1910 he was a widower and resident of the Soldiers Home in Washington…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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