Maine Memory Network

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

"… was the wife of Senator John Holmes, one of Maine's first senators. Her satin ball gown features the almost natural level waist of the 1820s."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… Charles Dana Gibson (who worked and spent time in Maine), and illustrator Joseph Lyendecker's famous "The Arrow Shirt Man" advertisements, as well…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"Even in such far flung places as Maine (then thinly inhabited), the financially comfortable genteel members of its small and scattered communities…"

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

"Labeled, "Harriman & Co. Portland Maine," Adela Adams' circa 1900 two piece has a velvet trimmed jacket styled with mild sleeve expansion, and the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"… is a reminder that, probably thanks to local sea captains, some Maine ladies received lengths of the Chinese silks made for the Western market."

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"is South Carolina. I cut it from the coat of that Col. Bretton of the 6th S.C. Vols. Whom I captured at the Battle of Fair oaks."

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

"… The fashions of 1800-1805 are represented at Maine Historical Society by a small, but important group of slender gowns made of simple white…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… with a red (madder) and blue (indigo) floral pattern. It bears a label, stating "1779. Worn by Miss Olive Gray, born in North Yarmouth, Maine.""

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

"… waisted, could probably be found ready made in Maine stores, but at present, no examples survive in the MHS collection."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… Altmans would also have been available throughout Maine, but are not yet represented in the collection."

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

"While the collection at Maine Historical Society includes World War II military uniforms, as yet it holds little in the way of civilian war-era…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Emerson Letter

"… us, we were agreeably disappointed by seeing the coat tails of the retreating foes, streaming in a horizontal line from their bodies, where their…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… Phebe in Her Old Age Phebe wears a black coat in the only photograph we have of her.Surry Historical Society Resources Surry Town Records…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"… for a light house in 1857, and by 1872 the Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station was in operation. Communication also improved with the advent of the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Salmon industry

"It was located on the shore of Burnt Coat Harbor in Minturn. Fish factory worker, Marion Stinson, Swan's Island, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"These early blackboards were made of pine and coated with a mixture of egg whites and carbon from charred potatoes."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society members remember wearing coats and snowsuits their mothers made from the salvaged wool, which was tan or gray on one side and…"

Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum and Arctic Studies Center

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Historic Clothing Collection - Children's Wear

"Children's Wear View the Children's Clothing Slide Show For the second half of the 19th century children’s fashions mirrored adult styles."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Mid to Late Nineteenth Century Until the development of fashion publications, people relied on letters from travelling friends, or returning…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses

"Wrappers, Teagowns & At Home Dresses View the Wrappers, Tea Gowns & At Home Dresses Slide Show Wrapper is the traditional term used for the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"Mourning Clothing View the Mourning Clothing Slide Show With the growth of the middle class, the custom of wearing black during periods of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 2 of 3

"1900-1910 Sarah E. Thomas' silk foulard dress, ca.1905Maine Historical Society Many fashionable silk dresses from this period deteriorate…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 3 of 3

"1900-1910 Margaret A. McGuire's wedding dress, Portland, 1909Maine Historical Society Detail of McGuire wedding dress X Gold…"