Maine Memory Network

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Aerial Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"1925 National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… on the Church Block that are still there are women's faces cast into the iron columns. Haley bill for Church Block, Bath, 1886Patten Free…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"They often featured women on their advertisements such as Davis Hatch's business card of 1880. Business owners also advertised by placing large signs…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… tie dyed T-shirts, message T-shirts, pants for women, cheap flowing Indian print skirts and caftans, exotic ethnic garments collected on trips to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Housed in the old Masonic Hall in one large room, there were forty in the entering class. A state law was passed in 1904, requiring towns to…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Today, the old town hall is the home of the Islesboro Historical Society, established in 1964. Free Will Baptist Church, Islesboro, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 1 of 3

"Men and women have corresponding titles of address in each of the first four degrees: Faith - laborer and maid; Hope -- cultivator and shepherdess…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"… cotton dresses, or remaking and dyeing an old one. Black silks or mourning crape were another class of, often unaffordable, mourning."

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

"While pirating French couture designs was an old practice, in the 1950s some U.S. manufacturers contracted and made arrangements with French…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… Historical Society Rarity makes examples of old work clothes, and what they tell us, among the most valued objects in a collection."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashion in Bangor, 1865

"… but the crown and a visor." He suggested that women's fashions changed when men went off to the Civil War."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"There were still sewing circles, where women socialized as they worked, but now fraternal and farmer's groups, such as the Grange, which reached its…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Draining the quarry

"Some of the old quarry pumps were in good condition, having been preserved over the decades by water, but deteriorated upon exposure to the air."

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

"… presence of significant populations of homeless women and children, and the other was the availability of educational and employment resources…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Elizabeth Akers Allen, née Chase

"She was a member of the professional women's club Sorosis, which had many writer members. References Encyclopedia Britannica…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Kids at the quarry

"… quarry Swan's Island 3-5 grade class on an old quarry boilerSwan's Island Historical Society Kim Colbeth's 3-5 grade class visited Baird's…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - History Detectives

"Check out the exhibits below to see ways the students got involved: Old Buildings Exhibit Baird's Quarry Exhibit"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Human Interest Two women with whiskey glasses, ca. 1854Maine Historical Society While most early photographers created formal images of their…"