Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"Margaret Payson's Delphic-style gown, Portland, ca. 1938Maine Historical Society At one time in the hierarchy of historic objects, dress was…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"… historic clothing in museums, the ebb and flow of styles, and the complexities of diverse representation spanning 200 years of collecting."

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

"A Chanel style collarless edge to edge jacket made of diamond quilted pale gray, white and silver lurex flecked fabric is trimmed with nubby lurex…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… Historical Society Expensive establishment old style couture or similar high style-type clothing still retained appeal, but only to a shrinking…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"The same chunky square styling seen in outerwear modeled by Hollywood celebrities in late 1942 and 1943 is found in the four-piece ensemble comprised…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Eaton W. Tarbell

"… Arts curriculum with that of the International Style he had helped to develop in Europe. Between 1937 and 1941, Eaton Tarbell learned the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"Early potato-barrel truck bodies had a unique style with a box over the wheels to give clearance and with stakes around the outside that allowed a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Wartime Lincoln

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

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"He did this in great style. After buzzing the town at a very low altitude, with students at the Ballard Hill School being able to look right into his…"

Ellsworth Public Library

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Norridgewock Historical Society

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Strong Historical Society

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

"All animals should have air but this style of fence might be used with the best advantage on the north and up of the west side of the yard then…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Alonzo E. Raynes, Brewer, ca. 1838

"Martin wrote, "This style of cap was in fashion when I was 4 years old they had no visor and were wadded with cotton batting and sometimes trimed…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… Us Today”, which featured a man on the street style photograph and a short story on the subject."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"… all followed fashion and dressed in the same style. Even in such far flung places as Maine (then thinly inhabited), the financially comfortable…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"… centuries, Maine's populace kept up with changing styles, and dressed as fashionably as personal taste, lifestyle, and budgets permitted."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… drape detail; and a rust wide shouldered textured heavy rayon crepe with a sequined bodice styled with an open back and left hip drape detail."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"The boyish, shapeless, twenties style disappeared, replaced by a more feminine silhouette and longer skirts."

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 3 of 3

"… and short-lived mid-19th century bustle skirt style known as the cuirasse. The French word for fitted military metal armor, cuirasse aptly…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 2 of 3

"… in semi-transparent tulle that creates a gigot-style effect. Her bridegroom Melville Philpot wore a black satin lapel tail coat, vest and elegant…"

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

"… gored skirt flares at the hemline, heralding the style to come in the first years of the next century."

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

"… long dress with a matching two pocket blazer style jacket; and a dusty rose long dress with three button shoulder details, draped back cowl…"

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

"… hip pockets, and a below knee, longer straight style skirt. Made of pale gray summer weight rayon, the other suit has a similar longer skirt, and…"