Maine Memory Network

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 - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… yet, examples of practical, back pleat, "Gibson Girl" skirts and little in the way of smart shirt blouses are found in the MHS collection."

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

"& put her name in it & with some other little girls came to my room when I was gone & hung it up over my sink in my room." View additional…"

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

"Red and green check suit, ca. 1950Maine Historical Society Dior introduced his famous "New Look" in 1947, two looks in fact, one flared skirted, and…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 2 of 2

"These are faces hardened by the experience of life in pre-Civil War rural Maine. Appearances can be deceiving."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor High School, Abbott Square, 1865

"The building at left is the girls' school. It was built in 1849. Martin wrote of the schools, "it was the intention to not be out done by any…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin as zephyr, Bangor, 1866

"… Martin (1855-1889) was part of a group of 26 girls who participated in Solon Wilder's floral concert on Monday, July 2, 1866."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 6, pages 97-113

"Daniel K. Pomroy "girls who bore a bad name" Liz Widow Clark Mary E. Suratt Balloon ascention Jim Dunning"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"What brought them together in a photographer’s studio – school, friendship, or family? Other group daguerreotypes in the Society’s collection are…"

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

"As one local stated, alongside the island girls, an Indian woman going to church “looked like a bird-of-paradise in a barn-yard.” From Bar Harbor…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"a man or woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"In 1947, at the age of 16, she began working at the Union Sardine Factory owned by R.J. Peacock Canning Company."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… women who worked at the laundry, deciding to dress up in some of the fancy dresses they were supposed to be washing, and having their picture taken…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"All the girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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