Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"Before Donald worked for the Rockefellers, his ancestors' lives were affected by the earliest summer residents of the area. His family tree can be…"

Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"… of the natural waist placed new emphasis on small waists and made lacing corsets important. Gigot sleeve dress, ca."

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"… Society Lewiston's Mary King Scrimgeour's small, but outstanding, group of late-1890s to early 1900s fashionable garments segue this overview into…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"In the 1860s and 1870s small thread mills, such as the Haskell Silk Company of Westbrook proliferated, producing the special twist thread in high…"

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

"… are represented at Maine Historical Society by a small, but important group of slender gowns made of simple white cottons and plain muslins, with…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"… and people surrounding him, Martin provides small drawings that provide visual detail of his written descriptions and larger, sometimes full-page…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"He and his wife took out a number of small loans or mortgages on their home in the 1870s and 1880s, an indication of his financial instability."

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… woman boy or girl may look back and sigh for some small relic hereby to enliven their memory perhaps in a distant county when even a person picture…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Men's Wear

"… Show This slide show features examples from the small men’s wear collection at Maine Historical Society, military uniforms notwithstanding."

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"This image gallery offers examples from this small, yet hopefully growing, sub-sect of the collection."

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"This image gallery offers examples from this small, yet hopefully growing, sub-sect of the collection."

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

"1960Maine Historical Society The collection's small group of late 1950s dressy garments include a raspberry pink rayon taffeta cocktail dress with…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… financially comfortable genteel members of its small and scattered communities kept abreast of fashion."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… sleeves (wide at the wrist), attached pelerine (small cape) trimmed with wide silk fringe, and a front closure with ten small circular metal…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 5, pages 77-96

"His own small store was robbed three times, which contributed to its demise.   Part 5, pages 77-96 People and topic mentioned include: Lincoln…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 108-128

"Small R. W. Rollins Wheelwright & Clark Cornet Band James Dunning Dr. L. B. Morrison Augusta rally"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"… wearable lightweight gray/green rayon crepe, with small yellow printed flowers, capped sleeves, and a high waist with ties to the back."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gate no 2 design, Bangor, 1867

"… of each side of the gate would be "filled with small round cedar crooks and straight poles as convenience may occur and hung on iron grudgeons set…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin dream house, Bangor, 1866

"… if he had "two thousand dollars in money and a small portion of time each growing season for ten years." The site he chose for his ideal house was…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Ladies Blush apple, Bangor, 1889

"… "Our next favorite tree was the Ladies blush a small red & green apple a prolific bearer & resembled the snow or Famouse apple this tree bore every…"

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

"… wool suit are notable, not for size, but for small epaulettes, trimmed in black and red to match the standing collar, and bands embellishing the…"

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

"… Peck's in Lewiston, Libby's in Portland, and in small town dry-goods stores. Reasonably priced plain skirts, jackets, and blouses that became the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 4 of 4

"A small horsehair stuffed cushion shaped bustle support remains attached to the inner waistband of Sarah Wilson's black watered silk skirt."