Maine Memory Network

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

"… the MHS collection includes no examples of 1820s colored cotton, plain or plaid gowns with the slightly flared, heavily embellished skirts and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"… skirt lengths rose, neutral, light gray and flesh colored stockings became very important, with silk the most desirable, and cheaper rayon and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… there is a slim fully lined, black and multi-colored floral print chiffon with a shoulder cape; a tubular black rayon crepe with a bright pink…"

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

"By the 1890s a profusion of colored, affordable (but not cheap), American manufactured silk yardage could be found in the new burgeoning city…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"1880 wine-colored taffeta bustle skirt. The skirt has deep pleats of velvet and taffeta along the hemline, and a short wine velvet basque adorned…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"… to the Leavitt family, a wadded mulberry colored plain taffeta silk coat-dress with very full gigot sleeves presents a good example of day fashions…"

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

"… green and red lines (checks) giving a neutral colored appearance has a smooth seamed fitted hip covering jacket, with hip pockets, and a below…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… rolled through town, kept in line by agile and colorful “river drivers” who jumped from log to log to break up jams and keep the mass moving…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Other canneries used “unsoaked” clams, as “soaked” clams lost not only color, but flavor. Pine Point clam diggers sold many bushels of clams to…"

Moosehead Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… and in 1866 it bore 6 apples the size & color below I shew them to some 20 persons while in full size one time S T Chase & his brother & Nath…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Little Daisy," Katahdin Iron Works, 1890

"… hanging ornament of tisue paper of various colors ... & put her name in it & with some other little girls came to my room when I was gone & hung…"

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

"… The other Martha Riley example is a cream-colored wool dress with a similarly tubular two-tiered skirt, high waist, and a yoke with standing…"

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

"Its color, Nile Green (named for the Egyptian river), and hemline palmette designs provide an example of the prevailing Egyptian design influence…"

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

"… is a special occasion square neck, mushroom colored heavy rayon taffeta dress featuring machine embroidered swirls embellishing the full skirt…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"Sharing the same color scheme, a two-piece ensemble is comprised of a gored, very flared stiff paper nylon skirt of black and white checks…"

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

"… drape in a cascade from the waist, showing a wine color lining. It is labelled: ‘Ceil Chapman,’ a designer known for her provocative dresses."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"Ten automobiles, decorated with many colored flowers, vied with each other on muddy roads for the prizes."

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

"… youngest daughter), Captain Fales (for drums and colors), the artillery company, and Captain Gregory (presumably for the cavalry company)."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"… dresses, one from the Longfellow family is cream colored, features simple short sleeves, an extremely high waist, narrow inset waist band, and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"The textile’s darkish color and heavy figured pattern are characteristic of the earlier part of the century."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"Another example, a plum colored, tailored wool jacket and box pleated skirt ensemble also features a matching square shouldered hip length cape."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"McBride, James, The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 1996, Riverhead Books, New York."

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

"… over lines to dry in the island breeze, creating colorful curtains of blue, red, and green. Wabanakis often camped near a narrow stretch of shallow…"