Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Surry Today

"… and blueberrying, while others work in both blue collar and white collar jobs in Ellsworth, Bangor and on Mount Desert Island."

Historic Clothing Collection - Poppy print maxi skirt, ca. 1975 - Page 1 of 3

"The skirt includes a pocket on either side of the hip lined with a white cotton weave. The waistband is a rayon Moiré ribbon that is folded over…"

St. Croix Historical Society

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.

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

"… pagoda sleeves, and double layered skirt; a blue, black and white stripe with double pagoda sleeves and frizzé fringe braid trimming with an…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"… Delane with a small plaided shawl blue white & Red a wide stripe of blue a narrow stripe of Red and the ground work white with a red fringe."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"A pair of hip hugging green denim bell bottom pants, which could have been worn with the hip length belted white vinyl pea or trench coat."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"From the collar and lapel neckline, there is a front closure with four sets of three buttons, and two knee level box pleats below a patch pocket…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… style of design, an off-white ground, with dainty blue and white leafy serpentine stripes, and scattered floral sprays."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 16 of 17

"… to be seen everywhere, and the demand for red, white, and blue ribbons exhausted the millinery shops in short metre.” The first two weeks of April…"

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

"… be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new Constellation."…"

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

"Knee length party dresses include a royal blue solid beaded sleeveless chemise; a simple cream chiffon (possibly wedding) dress, short sleeved with a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"Chinese Jacquard fur-lined coat, ca. 1925Maine Historical Society The collection's early twentieth century outerwear and coats also include a…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"It ceased operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was later burned down as a training exercise for firefighters."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"They made a flagpole, and raised the red, white and blue colors of their club, called the Champlain Society after Samuel de Champlain."

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Blue tokens were for canned goods and red tokens were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"The Blue and Grey turned into Navy Blue & Gold and Farmington students became Cougars. Farmington High School, ca."