Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Dress Up Day

"… of the favorite activities this year has been "Dress Up Day". Both Bill Cook of the Bangor Public Library and Dana Lippitt of the Bangor Museum and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… early twentieth century clothing (2016), and Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment and Identity in Maine (2011)."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 2 of 4

"Glenna had to wear long skirts or dresses to school, because slacks weren’t allowed. During the winter, she wore nice warm skirts and ski pants to…"

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

"The collection’s 1850s dress of gold silk damask with an elongated leafy tree motif (quite distinct from imported European designs) is a reminder…"

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

"Most outstanding is a ca. 1905 long, body-fitting dress with white crescent embroidery, a three-quarter double skirt from the hips, and long…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"Cut velvet two-piece dress, ca. 1885Maine Historical Society Ida Bowles' wedding dress, ca.1886Maine Historical Society In August 1882…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"Beyond women's dresses, and taken as whole, the collection incorporates a considerable quantity and variety of different categories of apparel, of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and young women dressing or wearing hair and make-up like their mothers, faded away."

Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… when silk textiles were so expensive and new dresses required many yards of fabric, women were familiar with the custom of either themselves or…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Phebe Cole Townsend's 'electric' blue dress, Alexander, ca. 1863Maine Historical Society Industrial developments made significant contributions to…"

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

"1890-1900 Green wool dress with red satin and black braid details, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society By about 1898, the sleeve had deflated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin, Bangor, 1864

"… in the illustrated numbered "2," she was making a dress for her doll, telling the cat she could not pick it up because she was busy."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Pig processing costs 45 cents per pound dressed; federal pigs cost 70 cents per pound dressed; $35 to kill a pig either way."

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

"Theater Dressing up, Swan's Island, ca. 1930Swan's Island Historical Society Theatrical performances often focused on raising money to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… events, and social clubs: Enter the horse show? Dress up for a masquerade ball? Attend a concert at the Building of the Arts? Play golf or tennis…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"… Martin added, "This gentleman was invited to come up and fire up the Irish and get them on a fever heat for the coming election ..." View…"

Life on a Tidal River - Work on the Civil War Project

"Dressing up in historic clothing is always fun! X X X X X X X X X X X X"

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

"… than my finger but during the season it thickened up a little from the ground up 2 feet but when the fruit grew it would have bent to the ground…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… Fireman's Ball or Way-Back Ball, where people dressed in clothes from an earlier time. The halls also housed the village basketball teams and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

"… worked and looked at the time he was growing up and was first in business. Martin worked as an accountant and shopkeeper."

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

"… largest and finest business ever done in the city up to this time in the way of selling goods running boats shipping & other incidents connected…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"He hoped to avoid economic ups and downs by operating his own business. Detail oriented and interested in architecture, business, gardening…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"… a visit to Ellsworth where his mother had grown up and where Martin was born, when they ran into bad weather."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… red cambrick pants white cotton stockings lace up kip boots." He added that the boys had been drilled several days before marching in the parade."