Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"The coordinating cape is reversible—brown on one side and gold on the other. While a modern audience might associate a suit with business, the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Varney. A plain brown shopping bag, falling apart from age, covered in creases, its handles ripping."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rusticators on the Rise

"… Bring half-worn winter garments, with boots ditto, to be prepared for tramping and excursions. -Eliza Brown Chase, 1884 Continue to Inns"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… in cars they made during the war were black and brown unlike the cars of today. The reason they made dark colors is so that airplanes could not…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding Declines - 1857 to 1861

"Brown, Joshua Morton, J. O. Cushing, William Singer, Lemuel Strout, Burgess and O’Brien, Samuel Watts, Gilchrest, Stetson & Gerry, James Creighton…"

Pittsfield Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"More elaborate examples include a rich brown and gold jacquard patterned dolman mantle, embellished with cord embroidery and long, dense fringe."

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

"… day wear there is a mature lady’s long sleeved brown heavy silk dress with decorative trimmings and a knife pleated knee length skirt front; Anne…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"… pleats and a double pointed bodice; and a reddish-brown and green jacquard leafy patterned silk, tightly cartridge pleated with a bodice and…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Database Overview

"… Wright-Ryan Construction, as well as Consigli Construction, CWS Architects, East Brown Cow, The Knickerbocker Group, and Simons Architects."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"The shop, now a hardware store, is still owned by the Brown family. Emily Manchester operated a hand laundry business in the back of her home."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… long leads that were attached to three bears; two brown; one black that were enjoying a leisurely bath in the impoundment behind the dam."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… and wither, and wither” until it was a little brown raisin. His uncle never did punish them because they didn’t actually pick the apple."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Notable Residents

"… another prominent lawyer, after graduating from Brown University moved to Thomaston in 1818, where he spent a long and successful career as lawyer…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Shipping

"… building.” When Knox settled accounts with Edward Brown in July 29, 1805 he paid him for caulking the sloop Quick Lime, as well as a gundalow and…"

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"Boy's snow suit, Bangor, ca. 1940 Brown, wool, double-breasted boys snowsuitBangor Historical Society During the war, because so many men were in…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Our Partners

"… School Courtney Blouin–Dirigo High School Gus Brown–Dirigo High School Isaac Dupius-Holy Savior School Jared Eastman-Buckfield Junior Senior High…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrapbook 3: 1867-

"… Part 6, pages 108-128 Grant-Wilson, Greeley-Brown 1872 campaign clippings; Bangor Grant-Wilson activities   Part 7, pages 129-end Grant-Wilson…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… is made of a coarse cotton, block printed with a brown background, with a red (madder) and blue (indigo) floral pattern."

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

"The second dress is a brown satin, trimmed with gold metallic lace, and two long tasseled tabs that emphasize the vertical design."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… fox farm to close in Lincoln was owned by Will Brown. It closed in 1947, five years before fox farms became illegal in 1952."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… had three owners to start with; Alfred Clay, Will Brown, and Al Reade. The theater closed in June of 1996 and the last owner was Peter Quiron who…"

Maine Historical Society

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"… Thompson, Philip D Stubbs, Nelson Walker, Percy M Brown, Llewellyn Hartwell, Frank H Smith, Richard E Burns, Frank E Howard, C. B. Luce, William H."