Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Thomaston Academy

"At this time the federal style of architecture was being replaced by the Greek Revival, which used proportions and ornamentations of Roman design…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… the 1920s, newspapers started featuring paparazzi-style candid photographs of cultural icons, including celebrities, politicians, and athletes, as…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… smooth firmly corseted back thrust hips ("S" bend style), and trained skirts with a flare around the hemline."

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

"A very similarly styled a brown two-piece dress with the same pleated, full backed skirt, features a bodice with the very full 1894-1895 puffed upper…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Thomas was at his best when designing in the English Tudor style. Notable examples are Deering High School (1922-23) and the Chestnut Street…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… century, the more formal Colonial Revival style came to dominate his work. Both the Shingle Style and the Colonial Revival are represented in the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… appears in an ambrotype of the stately Federal style Unitarian-Universalist Church of 1831-32 in Castine. George W."

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

"… further examples of this high waist reform style, which also reflects aspects of the influential French designer Paul Poiret’s work."

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

"Captain Watts first built a substantial cape style Greek Revival on Knox Street in which he and his family lived in 1842."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Edward O'Brien House

"Both houses were built in the Gothic Revival style, being very similar in exterior appearance. Full-length windows carried to the floor on the first…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier

"… Robert Adams, who popularized the Adamesque style that used elements found in classical Greek architecture."

Lincoln, Maine - Communication & Transportation

"… was able to respond through one of four learning styles: MASTERY (summarizing facts, dates, places, important events, etc.), UNDERSTANDING…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street

"… was able to respond through one of four learning styles: MASTERY (summarizing facts, dates, places, important events, etc.), UNDERSTANDING…"

Lincoln, Maine - Founding Fathers & Early History

"… was able to respond through one of four learning styles: MASTERY (summarizing facts, dates, places, important events, etc.), UNDERSTANDING…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Fashions in Bangor, 1866

"Around them are hat and shoe styles. John Martin (1823-1904), a Bangor accountant and shopkeeper who was interested in fashion, landscaping and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… tab toggle closures, with a 1850s-1860s burnoose style fixed-in-place hood. A well worn men's black wool "country cape," not restricted by fashion…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Arcy Cary Bradford's gigot sleeve wedding dress, ca. 1829 - Page 1 of 2

"… of mutton" sleeve, a puffy, voluminous sleeve style popular around 1830. This particular dress represents the trend in its early years, before the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"Factions formed, iconic styles took hold, and silhouettes continuously changed throughout the mid twentieth century."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"Adopted into the more mainstream, the style subsequently developed into a slimmer gown with a gathered raised waist."

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

"No specific style emerged during this decade. It was more of a mix and match period retaining much of the 1960s with a superimposition of aspects of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 3 of 4

"Glamorous designs were reserved for evening wear. Of course many women still wore older styles, one of which is a very wearable lightweight…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"Full sleeves of the same style are found in the collection's three-button black satin coat, and in a collarless red wool coat trimmed with silk cord…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"Later on, it was the Hy-Style Shoe Company. Lastly, in 1979, it became a house for the elderly and remains that to this day."

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

"Illustrating 1804 styling, a high waist, draw string, oval neck, puff sleeved, black gauze overdress is all that survives to record what Zilpah…"