Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"For many women, a silk dress was an investment, a best dress for Sunday, or for special occasions. Looked after, often stored away as they moved past…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 4 of 4

"… dresses in Claude Monet’s 1866-67 painting titled Women in the Garden. Another white organdie, a ball dress, with short frill sleeves, boat neck…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid Twentieth Century

"… 19th century collection, to one dominated by women's wear from the 1870s to the 1930s. Although, despite this focus, the featured mid twentieth…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… surviving examples, it appears that stylish women everywhere in Maine, from those in the blueberry territory of downeast Cherryfield, to southern…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… to wear with large skirts or bustles dominated women's outerwear in the earlier part of this period."

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

"Jessie Franklin Turner was one of the many women who, from the beginnings of the American fashion industry in the 1920s, found opportunities in…"

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

"… the same styling, chosen by two very different women, from two different walks of life, demonstrate the democratic, equalizing nature of modern…"

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

"Of course many women still wore older styles, one of which is a very wearable lightweight gray/green rayon crepe, with small yellow printed flowers…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and young women dressing or wearing hair and make-up like their mothers, faded away."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 3 of 4

"As a result, women could walk unencumbered by the layers of heavy petticoats, with their legs free under the cage."

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Women still relied on dressmakers for the most fashionable garments and made simpler versions at home."

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

"… wider, shorter skirts and peplum jackets worn by women in uniform or engaged in war work exerted influence on civilian fashion."

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

"Women with even the most modest pocket books could afford dainty silk-like rayon underwear and nightdresses, as seen in Sears catalogues."

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

"… encompasses clothing for people who identified as women, with a smaller representation of menswear and childrenswear."

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

"… tie dyed T-shirts, message T-shirts, pants for women, cheap flowing Indian print skirts and caftans, exotic ethnic garments collected on trips to…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"At this time, it was a shoe store and barber shop. When Mr. Pinkham died in 1916, John Grindell bought stock in the store and made it into a clothing…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Then it became Porter Tailor Shop, which was tailoring for men. Then on November 12, 1943, Mr. Bennie F. Osgood bought the location."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… which, in part, led to the failure of his shop. An ardent Republican, he supported the war, deplored the "secesh" element in Bangor, Democratic…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - The History of Laundry, Aroostook County Style - Page 2 of 2

"Washing the clothes took two to three hours. Some women also did laundry for other people, such as neighbors and friends, to make extra money."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"He also ran a tinsmith shop, a store that sold metal goods, and an iron foundry that later became Bath Iron Works."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Part 7, pages 114-134

"… Hugh Ross Elmer Martin Annie Martin Hoop skirts Women's hats, boots Women drinking John thomas Thomas McAloon Nellie Chapman Cornelius Driscoll…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Arvida Hayford, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… imported alcohol and provided it to "Irish men & women in open defiance of the Maine law." He further charged that Hayford provided housing for…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"In the 1970s, the hall housed the 'Coffee Shop," a place for teens to hang out. Arthur Stinson started the Coffee Shop and served as chaperone."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… advertised by placing large signs outside their shops; these symbols made people instantly recognize the type of retail store."