Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Children's Wear

"… present includes a large quantity of 19th century baby and children’s white undergarments and clothing and select examples of everyday or more…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"It was also the era of the "baby boom" generation, and the youth culture that had its beginning in the 1950s and manifested itself in the 1960s as a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Carney's Store

"… store had a variety of clothing and shoes, even babies' shoes. People went to Carney’s for the personal service and for the convenience of the…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"He made "big ones for ladies, and little ones for babies," and many a home in Hallowell still boasts of its "Johnny Stringer chair," which is…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake rings side boards Snibells to lip up and all the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Nathaniel Bodwell

"… a tree having apples, the apples are the tree’s babies. Works Cited Fellows, Dana. History of the Town of Lincoln."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They helped babies come into the world, and they laid the dead to rest. Women's lives were hard and they often died young."

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

""A puking baby could build better boats out of blocks!" one man on the expedition is quoted as saying."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… birthing house, where women came to deliver their babies. The Merrill Monument at the cemetery honors William and Louville Merrill; both men served…"