Maine Memory Network

Tate House Museum

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… to a short (albeit too long to be a mini dress) navy and lime green stripe skirt. The latter is somewhat reminiscent of prominent mini dress…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"… jacket labelled "Crazy Horse", and a wine and navy blue window pane check pant suit with cuffed pants and zip front closure jacket."

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

"Ida May Lane's speckled navy and pale blue dolman sleeve dress, with a long back zip and black belt, is mid-calf length with a fully flared skirt…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Beniah Harding

"… the Great Depression, and his enrollment in the Navy. Transcription of Clip 1: This is Aaron Maxwell at Ben Harding’s place at 3:05 on the 5th of…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 14 of 17

"… and all other recruits for the army and navy, between April 12, 1861, and December 31, 1865, was $4,584,636."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Cornet Band member, 1864

"… long frock coat & pants cap about way between a navy and a fighting man pants trimmed with gold cordon the seems The coat of arms on the front of…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"Some island men went into the infantry or Navy. Others, John Gilley of Beech Hill among them, joined the First Maine Cavalry. John did not survive."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Shipbuilding During and after the Civil War - 1861 to 1900

"… in Thomaston during 1861 to serve in the US Navy. In the following year, only two ships were produced, one appropriately named “General McLellan,”…"

Surry by the Bay - Weathervane Dispute

"Hall, a former Navy officer, who checked with the Adjutant General of the State of Maine and he concluded that “Surry is acting with proper respect…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Participants were treated to a ride in the Navy Airship Shenandoah, which took them from Bar Harbor to Passamaquoddy Bay, to Mt."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"One is a V neck navy blue cocktail dress with trumpet wrist sleeves and a skirt tightly gathered at the hips to drape in a cascade from the waist…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - U.S. Flagship Hartford

"… I am writing to inform you that I have joined the Navy. I am on The Gunboat Kennebec currently off the coast of Mississippi."

Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"The navy gaberdine suit, albeit with a skirt showing signs of later alterations or updating, reflects the popular peplum jacket style."

Lincoln, Maine - Gary Gordon

"In 1996, the U.S. Navy named a Roll-on/Roll-off cargo ship U.S.N.S. Gordon in honor of Gary Gordon. He received many awards after he died, but the…"

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Navy. Avery also served in World War II, returning to inactive duty after five and a half years of service with the rank of Captain and the Legion of…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Old Town Hall and Grant Building

"Navy and for more than the last ten years by R.M. Tate Co. Tate's, like Grant's, is a department store that offers inexpensive merchandise. X"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Thomas served in the navy during World War I. After his discharge in 1919, he established his own office in Portland, where he practiced until the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Gridley Barrows

"… attaining the rank of lieutenant commander in the navy. In 1946, he resumed his architectural career, working days for the New York firm of…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"… large amounts of timber for the Royal Navy, which he seemingly had no interest in helping with."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"also served in the Union Navy as a Capt on the revenue cutter USS Delaware patrolling the Potomac River."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Bryants and Rockefellers: Two Seal Harbor Families

"After joining the US Navy as a Sea Bee during World War II, Donald met and married Marguerite Hodgkins in 1946."

Guilford, Maine - Veterans Tributes - Page 1 of 2

"… and capture of Saipan Island, he was awarded the “Navy Cross”, the second highest award given by the United States."