Maine Memory Network

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

"Dresses from the MHS collection likely worn with cage crinolines include: a green and white warp print dress, with red and pink floral print, pagoda…"

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 - Early Nineteenth Century

"… Nineteenth Century Leavitt family coat-dress, Eastport, ca. 1830Maine Historical Society Some fashion changes are distinct and occur…"

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

"The large number and variety of long 1930s dresses preserved in the collection are a reminder that it was still customary to wear long dresses for…"

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

"A very similarly styled a brown two-piece dress with the same pleated, full backed skirt, features a bodice with the very full 1894-1895 puffed upper…"

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

"1940-1950 Square shouldered dress with pockets, ca. 1943Maine Historical Society Fashion more or less stalled during the war years."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"Mid Twentieth Century Nylon dress with red accents, ca. 1955Maine Historical Society There is little in the collection to tell of the War…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… high necked olive green, long sleeved dinner dress is a study in subtle cut and fit, from unexpected multiple-pieced sleeves to the loose bodice…"

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

"… owned a peach rayon full length georgette evening dress with machine lace detailing and featuring the same striking wide panel of machine lace…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"Site Overview Madam de St. Felix ball dress, ca. 1820Maine Historical Society This collection portal consists of introduction narratives…"

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 - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"1900-1910 Ella May Clark's three-piece dress, Yarmouth, ca. 1901Maine Historical Society Of early 1900s contrasting fashions, one was defined…"

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…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"… of Asian raw silk for making silk yarn encouraged dress silk manufacturing, which became well established in the 1880s."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… fashions—different from western, fitted, tailored dress—that emerged after Sergei Diagilev's Asian-inspired costumed Ballets Russes burst on the…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Liz, widow Clark, Bangor, 1848

"… "were first seen promernading Kenduskeag bridge dressed in two suits made of red Thibot dress brown sock and red hoods." "They created a sensation…"

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."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… showing Junior "attention, order arms," in his dress coat, and going to drill. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor parade, July 4, 1865

"… post Civil War July 4 parade in Bangor in 1865 is dressed in "white waste and fashionable felt & straw hat" as depicted by John Martin (1823-1904)…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"her dress was a blue & red spotted Delane with a small plaided shawl blue white & Red a wide stripe of blue a narrow stripe of Red and the ground…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ada Martin, Bangor, 1865

"At left is Ada as she was dressed from ages 4 to 6 at left, reading a book. Martin wrote, "reading picture books and primmers and giving the names of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… by a lovesick man who came along July 20 1862 dressed in dirty ragged clothes sitting on the high ways by the fences and sketching churches and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "A Society Lady of 1889," Bangor

"… Society lady of the present day. The material for dress in this case is not costly but shows that the wearer is a person of fine taste which a poor…"

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."