Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"The entire Palmer family had a long tradition of running dry goods stores in Bath. After the short-lived establishment of Gershom Palmer, William P."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early History - 1719 to 1740

"Following the fall of French control to the British at Louisburg, Nova Scotia in 1745, the French enlisted the aid of the local Indians to help with…"

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

"Gigot is the French word for a leg of mutton, the shape sleeves resembled. Early gigots are seen on the plain beige silk wedding dress worn by Arcy…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"This supplanted heretofore dominant French male silk and velvet fashions, suitable only for languid court life."

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"The French word for fitted military metal armor, cuirasse aptly describes the long, tightly fitted body and hip hugging jacket, called a basque…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… Mary Quant and Biba, American Bonnie Cashin, French Givenchy and St. Laurent. "Felix" Crimplene dress, ca."

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

"1948Maine Historical Society Limited French fashion influence during the war had the effect of encouraging home-grown American fashion design."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"The name derives from the French word crin meaning horsehair. Of the era, a gold/blue striped silk dress features pagoda sleeves (wide at the wrist)…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… one degree or another, the pervasive influence of French designer Dior's 1947 revolutionary "New Look" with its extravagant long, very full skirts."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… one-piece muslin gowns such as those favored by French Queen Marie Antoinette and her circle as an alternate to the extravagant excess of required…"

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

"… unusually slim silhouette called cuirasse (a French word meaning close fitting, like armor), of which the collection includes a very fine example."

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

"… is reminiscent of a 1946 afternoon dress by French designer Jacques Griff. Norman Norell evening dress, ca."

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

"… which also reflects aspects of the influential French designer Paul Poiret’s work. Esther Johnston McDonald's tube skirted, black lace dinner gown…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 1 of 3

"Jeremiah would usually make meatloaf or baked potatoes. His favorite meal was his brother’s scrambled hamburger and home-made French fries."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"1855Maine Historical Society When the French artist Louis Daguerre announced his invention of photography in January 1839, painter Paul Delaroche…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Third Generation and Beyond

"… Theresa Cadillac DeGregoire, heirs to the 1691 French Grant of Mount Desert Island from King Louis XIV."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Early Settlement

"In 1763 the French and Indian Wars ended with the Paris Peace Treaty which ensured the safety of settlers from attack."

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

"Early English and French explorers engaged in territorial struggles during much of the 1700s, so it wasn’t until 1772 (when the young colony was…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"In the 1750’s the British won the third French and Indian War. The French, however, still claimed the territory east of the Penobscot River and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Hudson, the Hilton Family, the Drake Family, the Cummings Family, John and Pat Selicious, Lynn and Harry Anderson, and photographer Steve Maines."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, French Second Empire and Queen Anne examples, most of which have had little exterior alterations and all…"

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 2 of 2

"Mattie was awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Army Commendation Medal, European Campaign Medal with two battle stars, plus the French Croix-de-Guerre."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"The settlers refused to surrender the garrison, so the French tried to undermine it by tunneling underneath from the bank below."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 1 of 4

"The French and Indian wars were winding down. Maine’s Native Americans, the Abenakis, had been decimated by European disease."