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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"Nylon's crease resistant, wash and drip-dry qualities were novel and exciting at that time. "Betty Barclay Frock," ca."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864

"Thomas White Dry Good Emporium, Bangor, 1864 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description Thomas A."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… Lewiston, Libby's in Portland, and in small town dry-goods stores. Reasonably priced plain skirts, jackets, and blouses that became the norm for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"Drying took all day. Only when the clothes were dry, did the ironing take place. To iron the freshly dried clothes, Sadie took the iron and set it on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 1 of 2

"… the morning because the clothes took all day to dry. Sadie bought big blocks of soap and sliced them with a knife."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… in the city built of wood and were filled with dry goods groceries Rum hard ware fish salt &c." He noted that in November 1865, the building was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince's factory and store, Bangor, 1864

"The store also included dry goods. When he was about 21, John Martin (1823-1904) began working for Prince as a bookkeeper and store tender."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"Palmer Dry Goods (1868-1876) William P. Hill Dry Goods (1876-1883) Webber’s Drugstore (1883-1933) Burnham’s Auto Supply (1933-1953) Fullerton’s Radio…"

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

"Zeltin. Georgia Tracey’s dry goods store sold clothing, fabric, stockings, and more. There was a barber shop operated by Lyman Haskell and a fish…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"… hose house had high towers for hanging hose to dry and a large stove to heat. Upstairs in the house there was a room for the meetings to be held…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… brew, women draped the long strands over lines to dry in the island breeze, creating colorful curtains of blue, red, and green."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"… for things like special stone for making tools or dried corn from groups to the south and west that grew crops where the climate was more favorable…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"… of Bacon and give out Potatoes – Onions and Dried Apple instead. I wish you could see some of the Bacon it is such green stuff."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… current day where we use whiteboards also know as dry-erase boards. These are much easier to write on and erase."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"Accessed 25 May 2017. “Maine: First Dry State in 1851.” Affordable Acadia, Affordable Acadia, 13 Oct."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"Before he had the Ledyard Block built, he had a dry goods store on the same lot. William Ledyard was married to Miss Harriet Ledyard."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… lists five Surry merchants and dealers selling dry and fancy goods, boots, crockery, paints, groceries, confectionery, etc."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"The mills dried themselves off and were going full tilt once again, a $20 million state-of-the-art yarn manufacturing facility was planned by…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"One side of Lowell's was devoted to dry goods such as: overalls, Aunt Lydia’s carpet thread, bolts of cloth, lamp chimneys, medicines and tooth…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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