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These sites were created for each contributing partner or as part of collaborative community projects through Maine Memory. Learn about collaborative projects on MMN.


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Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 3 of 3

"Lengthening skirts of the later 1920s are illustrated by a a red and gold metallic lace two-tiered dress from Bergdorf Goodman's (NY) with a longer…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"… contextualized history of fashion interpreted and illustrated through items held in the MHS Collection."

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

"… cartridge pleated with a bodice and decorative pattern of buttons very similar to an example illustrated in the June 1858 Peterson’s Magazine."

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Historic Hallowell - Our Work and Our Team

"The nineteen-sign, illustrated walking tour, reminded us again of the richness of our historical resource."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Introduction

"… Britain.” (History of Penobscot County Maine with illustrations and biographical sketches 1882) The Penobscot River forms the east border of the…"

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Fryeburg Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Post-Mortem & Mourning

"… in the Vickery-Shettleworth Collection illustrate post-mortem photography. Taken in 1843, the daguerreotype of Mrs. William H."

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"Illustrating 1804 styling, a high waist, draw string, oval neck, puff sleeved, black gauze overdress is all that survives to record what Zilpah…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"… pattern diagrams (to be enlarged), fashion illustrations, and a variety of handiwork, sewing, crochet and knitting projects."

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - About Us

"They selected from the 100 uploaded items to illustrate the narrative. X Team members created the Islesboro Maine Memory Website that…"

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Rumford Area Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Savage Family of Mount Desert

"Their story illustrates how one family works to become embedded in its environment, creating a community and a sense of place that is uniquely its…"

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

"-Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 8/23/1884 Life behind Wabanaki sale tents was at least as lively as it was in front of and within them…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Jacob Abbott

"… series, the “Franconia” stories, and a series of “Illustrated Histories” on historical figures. Jacob published one-hundred eighty books in his…"

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"(History of Penobscot County Maine with illustrations and biographical sketches 1882) During the great years of lumbering in Maine, most men in…"

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox: Land Dealings

"… Knox’s correspondence is an advertisement that illustrates the ongoing discussions: “August 27, 1798."

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South Portland Historical Society

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Penobscot Marine Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 3 of 3

"This legend illustrates the ideals of friendship, benevolence, and charity that are the cornerstones of the order."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"… Martin and the five volumes of his writings and illustrations presented here. Each volume also has an introduction."

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Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The building trades are illustrated in pictures of carpenters with planes and saws, masons with bricks in hand, and a glazier holding a window…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… Gazette, published in Augusta on January 6, 1803, illustrated why the separation movement had not yet succeeded."

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Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… designs for homes that he and Albert Winslow Cobb illustrated in their influential 1889 book “Examples of American Domestic Architecture.” John…"

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"Photo Illustrations by Kate Philbrick As a documentary photographer, I photograph what is happening in front of me."