Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"The owners had permanent homes in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and New Jersey, and particularly Pennsylvania and Ohio."

Blue Hill, Maine - Blue Hill Spearheads Development on the Downeast Coast

"… then to the first Bounds mentioned: containing a Neck of Land, Water, and Islands; and your petitioners as in Duty bound shall ever pray &c.” The…"

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

"Middleton shipwreck, Scarborough, August 10, 1897Scarborough Historical Society & Museum On 10 August 1897, despite near-zero visibility, the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"… States and moved to his family’s estate at Prouts Neck, where the sea and the cliffs in front of his studio became the subject matter of his great…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Shaw appears to have offered more reasonably priced parcels than were available in the South End, thereby diverting development and rewriting the…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"European settlement along the Maine coast was an accidental by-product of the pursuit of fish. Early 1600s ships' logs had accounts of fishing and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"… and built into the chimney of a cottage at Prouts Neck. Her unmarked grave is near where her cottage was and further beyond is Jane’s Spring, a…"

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

"The casual, worn in 1969, is square necked, sleeveless and made of a fun lime green very 'sixties' daisy printed fabric. Bridesmaid dress, ca."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"Troubled peace broke into open hostility again in 1690 when the French in eastern Maine joined forces with the Indians and destroyed the settlement…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"Lewis L. Litchfield Lewis Litchfield, station agent for the Boston & Maine Railroad in the early 1900s, was born in 1871."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"The label reads "FELIX, Portland;" A knee-length navy blue dress made of oversized nylon seersucker, with a square neck and ruched, button trimmed…"

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

"… dress, made by the Misses Macdonough of Portland, with neatly fitted pin tucked hips, tucked sleeves and silk cord scrolling at the square neck."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"All three garments are labelled "Jessie Franklin Turner, 410 Park Avenue, New York," the business address she moved to 1936, suggesting the garments…"

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

"One is a V neck navy blue cocktail dress with trumpet wrist sleeves and a skirt tightly gathered at the hips to drape in a cascade from the waist…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 2 of 3

"… with gathered horizontal strips across the wide neck, puff, off-shoulder sleeves and a pelerine; and the other, dating towards the end of the era…"

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

"… finest and widest crinolines is a boat necked short sleeved teal and pink silk plaid with a set of detachable long sleeves, fringed neck trimming…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… patterning down the front, and long silk ribbon neck ties; a 1902-1903 dark red wool three-quarter length astrakhan collared cape embellished with…"

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

"The upper bodice features a two-inch wide band of solid diamanté beading that forms a square yoke, and becomes shoulder straps."

Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… at the header, and black machine-made lace at the neck, peplum waist (short, gathered, slightly flared strip of fabric attached at the waist ), and…"

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

"This second alternate mode is familiar from the "Gibson Girl" images created by artist Charles Dana Gibson (who worked and spent time in Maine), and…"

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

"Fashion’s skirt styling direction is made clear in the June 1867, Peterson’s Magazine which marks the beginning of the bustle era with descriptions…"

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

"… with Mabel Graney, is a special occasion square neck, mushroom colored heavy rayon taffeta dress featuring machine embroidered swirls embellishing…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… in small glass beads on the shoulders, round the neck, sleeve edges, and on the skirt's long straight front panel, are suggestive of decorative…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"With a square neck, pin tucked bodice, and short frilled edge sleeves, this worn and simple little dress is made of a coarse cotton, block printed…"