Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3

"… dating towards the end of the era, a specked beige with a red check oval motif, front closure, gathered skirt, inset waist and long cap sleeves."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… cape; a wide dark brown wadded coat, with an open front, gathered back waist, and voluminous matching cape trimmed with deep bands of cord…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Plum skirt suit with cape, ca. 1945 - Page 1 of 3

"The skirt has three wide stitched pleats in the front and back and fastens with a side zipper and hook-and-eye closure."

Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… reflected that fashion edict with its flat, plain front, and a skirt gathered at the back. The gauze or cotton organdy dress is constructed of…"

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

"… below knee length basque fits closely over a flat front skirt edged with a wide band of pleating. The back of the basque divides to accommodate a…"

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

"… to edge jacket with small tab ties at the lower front hem. Last in this group, a structured black rayon taffeta theater coat associated with Marion…"

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

"From the collar and lapel neckline, there is a front closure with four sets of three buttons, and two knee level box pleats below a patch pocket…"

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Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"They built a store in front of the slaughterhouse. There are now two buildings that are standing today, the slaughterhouse and the Herring Brothers…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"Merchants display their goods in front of their shops, and sleighs are parked at the sidewalk. Brick commercial blocks at the right are dominated by…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… fitted cone shaped bodice, straight at the front waist forming a curved point at the back, three quarter sleeves frilled at the elbow, and a full…"

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… also with black in the middle with a number in front. Now the firemen wear jackets that are either black or tan with yellow or orange stripes…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Architect James Overlock

"… Street, which had a rusticated treatment on the front facade. Rustication was a technique of cutting and beveling wooden siding boards at intervals…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"… window appears in the tympanum above the front entry. The Congregational Church, built a few years before the Academy, was also strongly influenced…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Wood pile, 130 Center St., Bangor, ca. 1864

"… wood pile but in giving the L on a line with the front of the house it diminished the width of the Jog so I left it out and have given this…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Rufus Prince residence, Bangor, 1850

"… it is a very difficult building to show as the front & face is east & north and the portion ocupied & used south & west I shall have to leave off…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Harris House, Bangor, ca. 1850

"The illustration shows the south side and eastern front end of the house. He wrote that it was located at the "Bangor Olde Town & Millford Switch and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"… gold cordon the seems The coat of arms on the front of the cap a circle with two instruments crossed." The illustration of the band member is on…"

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"Similarly, a fireman from Skowhegan and John Chase of Unity are seated in front of folk art backdrops painted in maritime themes."

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

"… with a spencer-like (jacket) bodice, an apron front skirt, and sets of flaring double pleats at the back."

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"The loose fronted structure and inner bodices suggest use during pregnancy. Recent scholarship points to the possibility that the most sophisticated…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"The simple dress features a front closure with four large flat pearl buttons, waist level buckled belt, and a straight skirt with a single neat pleat…"

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

"… and bands embellishing the asymmetrical jacket front opening. Fitting close over the hips, the gored skirt flares at the hemline, heralding the…"