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

"… development of, appropriate, comfortable work and sporting attire. By 1900 Sears catalogue offered smart sensible suits with silk lined jackets."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"The item is of a natural off-white short pile fur fabric, lined with heavy cream polyester satin, and without a label."

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

"… bustle support is still securely sewn into the lining of a ca. 1880 wine-colored taffeta bustle skirt."

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

"… appearance achieved by inserting batting between lining and outer fabric. With layers of heavy quilted petticoats—of which there is a selection in…"

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

"… sleeve green synthetic linen-look collarless coat lined with a blotchy multicolored print matching a round neck, short sleeve dress."

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

"A lightweight rayon of fine green and red lines (checks) giving a neutral colored appearance has a smooth seamed fitted hip covering jacket, with hip…"

Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan: "A Place To Watch"

"… board feet of timber rolled through town, kept in line by agile and colorful “river drivers” who jumped from log to log to break up jams and keep…"

Guilford, Maine - Early Manufacturing - Page 1 of 3

"… Guilford where they soon expanded their product line to include tongue depressors, candy and ice cream sticks, meat skewers, wrapped ice cream…"

Bridgton Historical Society

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Site Navigation Tips

"However, we do follow the line breaks in the original document and the column setups, when they exist."

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Fixing Borders on the Land: The Northeastern Boundary in Treaties and Local Reality, 1763-1842 - Page 2 of 5

"… Historical Society How the long-fixed line of 1842 was created can be examined in extraordinary detail with the material in the Maine Historical…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Granite and Ice Industries

"… as many as 10 three-masted schooners were lined up, waiting for stone. Stone from the island was used in buildings all over the country."

Historic Hallowell - News Article by Emily Markham

"… Kennebec River waters have taken over the shore lines and even some houses have been considered ruins in what is now left of the shores of…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… best kept trucks, pumps, or anything along those lines. Host Muster Ribbon, Fire Association, Hallowell, July 28, 1962Hubbard Free Library To…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Works Cited Page

"pag. Cheever, Dave. “CMP attacks lines in frigid battle.” Kennebec Journal, 11 Jan. 1998, Storm Edition: Day 3, sec. Front Page. Cheever, Dave."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater

"There was a line of more than two hundred people who waited for an hour to see the first movie played in the new theater."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - P.H. Tilson Death Notice

"… force the Confederates to retreat to their next line of defense; the Rappahannock River. The Union Army consisted of 28,000 men and was to assault…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… of limestone thereon, beginning in the southerly line of the county road 100’ westerly of the northwest corner of land conveyed by Lucy Knox to…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"In the 1930s the line was expanded to include crafts and novelty items. The Carr O’Brien brick building on the opposite corner of Wadsworth Street…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"… and east to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with steamboat lines which also included the major lines on the St. Lawrence River."

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

"Hinckley D Hinckley Ann Young Shaw & Billings lines Sheriff Wingate Carr Fire at old Hampden Academy George H."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… wool) with a linsey-woolsey (linen and wool) lining provides an example of the quilted skirts worn with, and as part of, other eighteenth century…"

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

"… luxurious magenta satin lapels, cuffs, and lining relieved by a horizontal band of sage green that matches the tie belt."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"… flared skirt stiffened with a navy rayon taffeta lining. Another example, associated with Mabel Graney, is a special occasion square neck, mushroom…"