Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 2 of 3

"… includes a group of early 1900s gowns in very good condition, among them Sarah E. Thomas’ brown printed silk, shown at the left."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 1 of 3

"… Libby's in Portland, and in small town dry-goods stores. Reasonably priced plain skirts, jackets, and blouses that became the norm for the working…"

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

"… with very full gigot sleeves presents a good example of day fashions straddling the 1830 to 1835 period."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"There is, however, a good selection illustrating, to one degree or another, the pervasive influence of French designer Dior's 1947 revolutionary "New…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"… Peterson’s Magazine reported: “Velvet-figured goods will also be extensively worn next season. In solid colors the ground will be a dead, rep-like…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 2 of 4

"A lack of good overland routes resulted in Scarborough remaining a town of separate villages, each with its own church and school."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"In those days, a good memory characterized a good student. Eventually, slates and slate pencils were discarded and manufactured pencils and paper…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Beach station provided mail service and goods for the large tourist population that stayed at hotels and inns of Scarborough and Higgins Beach and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… Around 1673 the town was ordered to have good and sufficient means to transport horses. Another ferry was established at a place still called Ferry…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"This dependence on Eastport for goods and transportation did not sit well with Lubec’s merchants and a committee, including C.J. Staples, B.M."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"And Calvin London, a good man giving his time to the kids as in preceding years, with his dinghy and its outboard motor."

Lubec, Maine - The Blizzard of '34 - Page 1 of 2

"Stuart & Co. and the Columbian Packing Co. had good supplies of coal, and wood on hand. Coal experienced no advance in price."

Lubec, Maine - McCurdy Herring Smokehouse - Page 4 of 4

"… not in the collection of Lubec Landmarks, for good reason. When Landmarks acquired McCurdy’s, the horses had long since been replaced."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Bonnie and Donnie Staples' house

"But you know, they was good to the kids too. They was really good people." Big Fella the bull, Staples house, Swan's Island, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"… jobs, and for this skilled work, they received good pay. Sardine Company Factory A Employees, Lubec, ca."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"The apparatus of the department appeared to be in good order, and the personnel are certainly most promising."

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

"… large properties in New York, where they spent a good deal of time with their families when not at their homes in Thomaston."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - -Across the Sea- a history through transportation

"… environment, constantly finding new ways to carry goods, people, and information to and from their remote home."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… an apostrophe not to some rigamarole called “the good life” but to aspects of creativity--be it with music, paint, food or words--that enrich our…"

Life on a Tidal River - The War Effort

"Blue tokens were for canned goods and red tokens were for things like meat, fish, butter, fat, and dairy goods."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 1 of 4

"When she attended Ashland High School, her teachers taught history, geography, math, home economics, and algebra."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Andrew Smith Store

"… island stores, Andrew Smith's sold a variety of goods. Island resident Marion Stinson remembers, "You could buy a pork chop for ten cents." Smith…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 1 of 3

"… mill on Spring's Island for the felting of woolen goods. Mill wheel bearing, Saco, ca. 1840McArthur Public Library The first sawmill was…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 3 of 3

"All the plants managed to scrape by during the Depression, and when war broke out in 1941 they were all very busy with production of war goods."