Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… as I have given him very large not very tall wears usually a low crowned straw hat drab or yellow pants & vest sometimes a black coat & sometimes…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Benefit” Float. A spectator attending the parade wearing a more modestly priced lapel pin, probably sported this stickpin: Centennial stickpin…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"Very few examples of work-a-day or everyday wear were represented, typically because such items were used, rather than saved for posterity."

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

"It is designed to wear over a dress that features a cream satin bodice attached to the just below knee length matching quilted skirt."

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

"… was popular for men’s shirts and jackets, women’s wear, and was ideal for A-line chemise mini dresses."

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"… ambrotype, little Eleanor Bradley Peters proudly wears her large fur lined winter coat, an elaborate piece of Victorian clothing that appears to be…"

Early Maine Photography - Groups - Page 1 of 2

"… of her in an elegant dress and bonnet wearing leather gloves, very much looking the part of the daughter of Portland merchant Ezekial Day and the…"

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"… of intestacy. Phebe in Her Old Age Phebe wears a black coat in the only photograph we have of her.Surry Historical Society Resources Surry…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"… front of the room were so cold students had to wear multiple layers of clothing and sometimes even a hat."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… truck, laden with dresses and other feminine wear for the ladies. (Sometimes the dress of choice would be selected, only to find the belt missing…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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