Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Green's Department Store

"Throughout the years he added a shoe department, a ladies’ and a children’s department to the store. Mr."

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

"The Lincoln Clothing Company was a department store, visible as the first full building on the left."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War Resources

"U.S. Quartermaster’s Department Alphabetical Index to Places of Interest of Deceased Union Soldiers in the Various and Territories, as Specified in…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity, organized under the name…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… years passed before Hampden’s first fire department opened. Hampden boasts the first Masonic Lodge in the vicinity; organized under the name…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"World War II Before December 7, 1941, most Surry citizens had no idea where Pearl Harbor was located, but as with thousands of others across the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"They also had a department for almost everything. Now in Marden’s they have everything cluttered together. They are not made up of departments."

Lincoln, Maine - Telegraphs & Telephones

"If the message from the Lincoln fire department, by the telegraph, had not been received by the Bangor fire department, then everything would have…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"A committee from the Health and Welfare Department in Augusta came to Lincoln in July of 1966, and suggested to Eugene Libby (owner of the Workman…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… by one of the officials from the Hampden Water Department who came out and explained that this was the town's drinking supply and it would be in…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street

"… and forth to Bangor, and steam-powered vessels departing regularly from the wharf on the Penobscot to Boston."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Groups, Clubs & Organizations - Page 2 of 3

"Here, at the home of Civil War veteran Isaiah Welch, the group attending poses for a photograph. Strong Historical Society After the Civil War…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… at Maine Historical Society includes World War II military uniforms, as yet it holds little in the way of civilian war-era fashions."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… There is little in the collection to tell of the War year's make-do-and-mend fabric scarcity, or regulations restricting garment manufacture."

Historic Clothing Collection - Organdy summer dress, ca. 1863 - Page 1 of 4

"… dates between 1860 and 1865, a representation of Civil War-era style. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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

"In prosperous post-war America, New York, and California became centers of a successful and growing fashion industry mass-producing an abundance of…"

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

"… tubular silhouette remained fashionable up to the war years (WWI). Versions of garments such as those advertised in the New York store Gimbles'…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"Two ankle length straight dresses in the MHS collection straddle the war years and early 1920s. The first is a lavender and white striped…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… X By the mid 1980s, a municipal office and fire department had been built near the school and after that, the town continued to invest in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mourning Clothing

"Mourning customs relaxed during (or after) the First World War, when mourning was so widespread."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 4 of 4

"… was reported to her, and she would call the fire department. When people heard the alarm in town, they would call her to ask where the fire was."

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

"1946Maine Historical Society Once the war was over, pocket and pleats appeared again as fabric restrictions were lifted."

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

"1874Walker Memorial Library After the Civil War, sewing machines reached the professional dressmaking and home sewing market. They were expensive."

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… the shorter, knife pleat skirt is indicative of war-time fashions. The coordinating cape is reversible—brown on one side and gold on the other."