Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"… a modern audience might associate a suit with business, the mid-century suit, paired with a stylish hat, was a popular choice for social outings…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"The family moved from Ontario, Canada, to Lewiston in 1885. Dating into the mid 1890s her couture quality wine velvet and cream figured silk double…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"… women spent meeting the demands of household and family garment sewing. On the other hand, speedier sewing encouraged extra detailing in…"

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

"… putty colored silk dress from the McMahon family of Falmouth. It features a smart fitted late 1840s boned bodice, pointed waist, and dome shaped…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 195-277

"… of 1846, a trip to Ellsworth with his mother, business failures, property transactions, Prince business accounts, an eventful excursion to Belfast…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Benjamin Kimball, Bangor, ca. 1867

"Kimball and Martin were both Republicans; Hayford was a Democrat. Kimball took out a newspaper ad attempting to get back business and suggest that…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 0-73

"… with a genealogy of his and his wife's families, his mother's life in Ellsworth, her marriage to John Martin Sr., his own childhood, including his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Picnic, Fort Point Light, and Fort Pownal, 1865

"… River on August 10, 1865. Martin wrote, "My family as a whole had never been down river before and I concluded to give the day to the whole family…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 2 of 4

"… Franklin Turner, 410 Park Avenue, New York," the business address she moved to 1936, suggesting the garments date from about this time."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… trimmed with simulated fur also features volume at the upper sleeves. This shorter coat style is associated with the Bradbury family of Standish."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"Business owners also advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 278-361

"Martin described the business recovery in Bangor, known as the Queen City of the East, and his marriage to Clara Cary."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Junior Martin in cadet uniform, Bangor, ca. 1871

"… social life and also when he commenced to perform business which occured in July last in the national Insurance office in which he stayed his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin self portrait, 1889

"… a written description of himself: "General business man, Expert Accountant, Landscape Gardener, Rustic designer, Origin of Martins perfect Waltz &…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Hampden, Upper and Lower corners, 1835

"… two pages, he detailed the shop, church, or other business, or resident of each building on his map. The area is as it existed in the 1830s."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Reed Hardings neighborhood, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… everything around him: architecture, gardening, business, transportation, fashion, and dance, among other topics."

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Melvin Weston, Bangor, ca. 1867

"Martin wrote about various business schemes and scandals in which Weston was involved. He drew Weston as he appeared at a speech before the 1866…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"… interested in fashion, landscaping and gardening, business practices, architecture, and numerous other topics, wrote and illustrated five volumes…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 121-end

"Mail boxes. He wrote again about his family's history in Ellsworth, his childhood in Brewer and Hampden, his lameness, his mother's illnesses, his…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin gate design, Bangor, 1867

"… five volumes of recollections about his family and his life. He often commented on contemporary events as well."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Mabelle Martin's casket, Bangor, 1899

"… scene of Mabelle's coffin in the parlor of the family home and included it in the Scrap and Sketch Book he wrote starting in 1888 in which he…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin house floor plan, Bangor, 1864

"… so his children would have a record about their family. Martin and his wife, Clara Cary, bought a house at 130 Center Street in Bangor in 1854."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Hudson, the Hilton Family, Drake Family and Cummings Family. In 1986, it was owned and operated as a bed & breakfast operation by John and Pat…"

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

"… slim silk crepe dresses, one from the Longfellow family is cream colored, features simple short sleeves, an extremely high waist, narrow inset…"