Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"Martin wrote, "This style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they had no visor and were wadded with cotton batting and sometimes trimed…"

Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Weather resistant clothing is also the feature of a tintype of a young man in a large overcoat with a scarf wrapped around his neck."

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"After the renovation of Osgood’s they put some of the clothing in the basement. The renovation is still there today because Marden’s is bigger than…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Andrew Anderson

"And if you had older brother and sisters then you wore their clothes down the line down the line down the line."

Life on a Tidal River - Fashion of the '40s

"… them pantyhose) as well as many other articles of clothing due to the need for the materials in the war."

Early Maine Photography - Art

"The unframed portrait shows a man in formal clothing writing with a quill pen. The painting style is reminiscent of the Readfield artist Jonathan…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 1 of 2

"… his surroundings in amazingly detailed folk art-style sketches, many enhanced by watercolors. The illustrations and his meticulous descriptions of…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"… put them into Maine Memory Network transcription style. Both the original transcription work and the updating have taken many hundreds of hours –…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"Shipbuilders needed clothes, gloves, boots and more, and they turned to Sears Roebuck for affordable clothing."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… and the awning on the building appears to say, "Clothing, Hats, Capes". David T. Stinson (1815-1873) was the son of David Stinson Sr."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… office in the building until 1891 and a men's clothing store from 1892-1907. Then came the Shelter Institute and Woodbutcher tools from 1991-1999…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… overalls, Aunt Lydia’s carpet thread, bolts of cloth, lamp chimneys, medicines and tooth powder. On the other side: cracker barrels, cheese wheels…"

Otisfield Historical Society

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

"… heater is so called after a certain style of old clothes iron which had a hollow base into which a heated triangular metal piece would fit that…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… and Bath Department Store), several men’s clothing stores and beauty parlors, many restaurants and a number of jewelry stores added to the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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