Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… French male silk and velvet fashions, suitable only for languid court life. Modern male dress has its origins in the tailored wool of this period."

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"… at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the year 2020). The cost of Mrs. Scrimgeour's custom, detailed, dressmaker-made suit can only be guessed."

Farmington Public Library

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Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… short gowns (so called because they extended only a short distance below the waist over the petticoat), and with round gowns, in which case they…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"The 1950s were not only the years of the "New Look," and rebellion, they were the years when new fabrics made of new synthetic fibers began to appear."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Of the many new colors developed only a small number proved stable (lasting, not fading) and useful for industrial purposes."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… hand labor, and an extreme luxury afforded by only the wealthiest individuals. One of the dresses likely originated in the 1740s."

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

"Only in very recent times has there been recognition of the value of a systematic approach to the research, study, and exhibition of clothing from…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… Portland." At present, this is the collection’s only example of the famous, classic, Channel-style jacket."

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

"… style-type clothing still retained appeal, but only to a shrinking, older, mature market. A new breed of young designers burst on the scene…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"Only 27 vessels are known to have been built on Mount Desert and nearby islands up to 1820. But in the next decade alone, 84 were built."

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

"… Benjamin and Jemima Lord and the youngest of five children. Along with many other members of the Lord family, Benjamin had migrated north from…"

Guilford, Maine - PEOPLE

"Guilford was only 17 years old and had 325 people living in the area. With the economy so good Robert Low Jr."

Porter Memorial Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin store, Center Street, Bangor, 1862

"… samples that they were remarkably correct and his only instrument was a pencil and for the fun of it I gave him 10 cents a piece to draw my house &…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin Sr. home, Ellsworth, 1823

"The senior Martin died in February 1824 when his only son was 11 months old. The younger John Martin visited Ellsworth as an adult, with his mother…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"He had eight children and was only married once on April 1, 1824, to Polly. The children’s names were: Lovina, who was born September 28, 1824; Nancy…"

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

"The convention party only stayed in Portland for a brief visit and breakfast at the Congress Square Hotel before moving on to several days of…"

Mercy Hospital - McAuley Residence

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

Historic Hallowell - Historic Hallowell Resources and Links

"… and a variety of separate maps, including pocket, wall, children's and manuscript. Visit the collection at http://www.davidrumsey.com/index.html"

Lincoln, Maine - Benjamin Chesley

"… his grandchildren were Olive, Ben Chesley Jr.’s only daughter, and she’s the only one we know about."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"… out hunting and the only ones left were women, children, and old people. They opened fire and the sight that followed was terrible."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"If children only mildly misbehaved, doing things such as disrupting class or talking out of turn, there would be a few consequences."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Guy Gannett’s only printing experience came from working for his father, William Howard Gannett's lucrative and famous, Comfort monthly magazine."