Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Lace and fringe trimmed walking dress, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"… includes a V-shaped decoration, with two bands of white piping and black machine-made lace. The skirt is lined with an open weave cotton, and the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 2 of 3

"… different: simple high waisted nightdress-like white cotton dresses. The change was not as abrupt as it might seem."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… a bustle include a pale green damask edged with white rabbit fur for evening; and a velvet trimmed multicolored, striped wool, printed jacket…"

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

"… Church, Bessie Rodis wore a wedding gown made of white rayon satin with machine lace detailing, and featuring and a striking, very wide panel of…"

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

"… a black rayon knit bodice attached to a black and white tweedy skirt and matching tweedy three-quarter sleeve edge to edge jacket with small tab…"

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

"… everyday dress made of narrow vertical red and white striped cotton, which may date from the late 1940s or into the early 1950s."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 1 of 4

"… made of pine and coated with a mixture of egg whites and carbon from charred potatoes. The students and teachers wrote on the boards with chunks of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"The first is a lavender and white striped sailor-collared cotton dress, probably worn by Mrs. Adeline (Bond) Rines or one of her sisters."

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"… as seen at MHS, typically skews towards White middle and upper-middle social classes. Revered items tucked away for posterity or uniforms with an…"

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

"… to edge jacket made of diamond quilted pale gray, white and silver lurex flecked fabric is trimmed with nubby lurex flecked braid."

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

"… be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field representing a new Constellation."…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzard Poems

"… 1952 dangerous outcomes galore overwhelming white Snow unexpected depth 28 inches of white unforgettable Surprise disaster warning last minute…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 534-603

"White; and then opened his own shop. He drew illustrations of the inside of the shop and provided details about the contents."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Boy at Bangor post Civil War parade, 1865

"… "were uniformed in Zouave, red, picken red caps, white waists, red cambrick pants white cotton stockings lace up kip boots." He added that the boys…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Soldier, Bangor, ca. 1860

"… empty and a pair of fine calf boots with either white silk or white cotton gloves with red stripes on the pants." Below that on the page, he drew…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"From left are Sam Lake, E. B. White, Frank Bryson. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook GP-38, Presque Isle, 1991

"Note the white lines and numbers that were added to an earlier test scheme. Pictured with engine 94 is young rail enthusiast, Frederick Asam."

Lincoln, Maine - High Street Bridge, Lincoln, ca. 1903

"The large white building on the right is the Plumly Building, home of the Post Office in Lincoln. The home in the center belonged to Ira Fish."

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"… for firemen wore black pants, a black top with white bottom, and a white belt. Their hats were yellow while some were red also with black in the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"Randal White with his saxophone 1951Swan's Island Historical Society As Marion Stinson said in her audio, island musicians were often self-taught."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Clara Cary, Rinaldo Wiggin, John Martin, Bangor, 1844

"… spotted Delane with a small plaided shawl blue white & Red a wide stripe of blue a narrow stripe of Red and the ground work white with a red…"

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"Wray, Matt, Not Quite White: White Trash and the Boundaries of Whiteness, 2006, Duke University Press, Durham, N.C."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"The Stickney & Page Whiting and Slate Mill was founded in 1873.  The business was  powered by water, and when there wasn’t enough water, a steam…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"White was an inmate of Letchworth Village, a mental institution, where Kirby was an orderly. White ran away from the institution, and shortly…"