Maine Memory Network

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

"In complete contrast, a simple plain white unadorned organdy summer dress with drop shoulders, bishop sleeves and closely cartridge pleated crinoline…"

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

"… Society Description This simple, plain white, unadorned organdy summer dress with a pleated crinoline skirt includes a matching…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… dress reflected that fashion edict with its flat, plain front, and a skirt gathered at the back. The gauze or cotton organdy dress is constructed…"

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

"… includes no examples of 1820s colored cotton, plain or plaid gowns with the slightly flared, heavily embellished skirts and sleeves seen in fashion…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"… daytime ensembles in the collection include a plain yellow-beige, slim faile rayon mid-calf dress with brown polka-dot spotted fabric trimming, and…"

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

"… of slender gowns made of simple white cottons and plain muslins, with woven stripes, and embroidered sprigs."

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

"… Society Silk dresses in subdued colors of plain and woven patterns predominate the 1840s examples."

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

"… Historical Society The 1890s are defined by plain skirts, the rapid rise and fall of the sleeve, and the increased availability of silk."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"… solid brown two-piece bustle dress with plain sleeves and basque, plain bustle, with a large cut velvet floral motif on the bodice and skirt. Dated…"

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

"… favored a more naturally curved silhouette with plain, sensible skirts (still worn with corsets) and shirt blouses, often with stiff collars and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"… - room to move - but in this case to work, the straight skirt on a plain khaki cotton household maid’s dress features side seam gusset pleats."

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

"… to the Leavitt family, a wadded mulberry colored plain taffeta silk coat-dress with very full gigot sleeves presents a good example of day fashions…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Congregational Church

"It was a plain white building with a bell tower and forty-four pews. The total cost of the church was 4,750 dollars."

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"Plain ordinary dress and working clothes worn by the financially less well to do, scarcely survive. Well used, repaired, passed on or repurposed…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Porter Family

"… and fought in Indian warfare on the American Plains. On June 25, 1876, at age 29, he died at the battle of “Little Big Horn” in Montana under the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Varney. A plain brown shopping bag, falling apart from age, covered in creases, its handles ripping."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… saw mill which was electronically automated and moved from the flood plains of Guilford to Burnham, which is about 25 minutes south of Newport."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"The wind swept fiercely across these plains before buildings and trees obstructed it progress. It was the most impassable section between Weld and…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 1 of 4

"… for the Eastern Abenaki, who farmed the fertile plains of the Kennebec and Androscoggin Rivers, and spread out along lands west of Casco Bay in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Native Americans

"… boiling rocks spanning the last 3,500 years are plainly visible. Indeed, there is much hard evidence to support the “theory” that native people…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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