Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Captain Watts first built a substantial cape style Greek Revival on Knox Street in which he and his family lived in 1842."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"… Historical Society Leavitt family winter cape, Eastport, ca. 1810Maine Historical Society Sarah Bowman Winter's "fancy weave" coat…"

Museum at Portland Head

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"Outerwear 1900-1930 Astrakhan collared cape, ca. 1903Maine Historical Society The domestic industry’s now prolific silk fabric production made…"

South Portland Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More Permanent Settlers Arrive

"… second major group of settlers came from Eastham, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Included were Amariah Leland and his sons Ezra and Ebenezer, David…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"A small cape will abut a Victorian; a bungalow will sit beside what once must have been a farmhouse."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Shipbuilding in Biddeford: Lore, Leaders, and Legacy

"… be annexed Scarborough, Wells, Kennebunk, and Cape Porpoise, as ports of delivery only; and a collector for the district shall be appointed, to…"

Portland Water District

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… floral print chiffon with a shoulder cape; a tubular black rayon crepe with a bright pink belt, pink decorative bodice motif and skirt feature at…"

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

"… level belt encircling the coat and long pelerine (cape) tails emphasizes the skirt's spreading hemline."

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

"… longer skirt, and neatly fitting hip-covering tailored jacket, with an attached short shoulder cape, a feature that lingered into the 1950s."

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

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

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - The Shaping of the Borderlands: Arcane Deeds and Failed Colonies - Page 2 of 5

"… different British political jurisdictions between Cape Cod and the Gulf of St. Lawrence. In addition to Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay proper, and New…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… in the horrendous storms in passages around Cape Horn. The sail loft they built in 1875 still stands in its original location on Water Street at…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Scarborough Marsh: "Land of Much Grass" - Page 4 of 4

"… Diking a Certain Tract of Marsh in the Towns of Cape Elizabeth and Scarborough.” Chapter 174, 1821 ------ “An Act to Incorporate the Cumberland…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… along the Penobscot River, a clam voyage to Cape Jellerson, saving a man at the eddy at Carls Point, a failed romance, operating a butchering cart…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… of Maine before the Civil War, the Greek Revival cape style house enjoyed widespread popularity. Two examples are found in an ambrotype of the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Society An ambrotype of Richmond’s Island in Cape Elizabeth shows the newly constructed retirement home of longtime Portland physician James M."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… Bay, and by 1658, Kittery, York, Saco, Wells and Cape Porpoise (Kennebunkport) had all submitted to Massachusetts authority.[1] As the population…"

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

"… Historic Dress Collection Major Judkin's Cape, ca. 1835Maine Historical Society Rarity makes examples of old work clothes, and what they…"

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

"… a label marked "B Green Room," and includes the Beene signature cursive "B." The gown is associated with Cecile P. Carver of Cape Elizabeth."

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"Hinckley, clam voyage to Cape Jellerson, failed romance, move to Bangor   Part 4, pages 195-277 Millerites, 1846 freshet, business misfortunes…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… Falmouth, Fowler Salisbury, Perkins Boston, Cape Ann, Thomaston, and Newburyport. The Kennebec Journal had articles of the ships that came in and…"