Maine Memory Network

Two piece brown satin dress worn by Mrs. Henry G. Thayer, 1880

Contributed by: Brick Store Museum Date: 1880 Location: Freeport; Freeport Media: Satin

Hose 7 Fireman's Hat, 1880

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: 1880 Location: Bangor Media: Leather

Unidentified house, ca. 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Hall at Cumberland Mills, Westbrook, 1880

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1880 Location: Westbrook; Westbrook Client: Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Architect: Fassett & Stevens Architects

Laboring in Maine

Workers in Maine have labored in factories, on farms, in the woods, on the water, among other locales. Many of Maine's occupations have been determined by the state's climate and geographical features.

The Mainspring of Fashion

The mainspring of fashion is the process whereby members of one class imitate the styles of another, who in turn are driven to ever new expedients of fashionable change.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… as a midwife for at least a decade beginning in 1880. However, starting in the 1940s, town reports record payments to nurses starting in 1941 with…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880

"Agricultural Statistics of the Colony, 1870 to 1880 1870 rye, winter wheat - 20 acres planted 1871 wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, beans, and…"

Biddeford City Hall: an in-depth tour of this iconic building
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center Voices of Biddeford project

Visual tour and unique insights of Biddeford’s historical landmark

Where are the French?
by Rhea Côté Robbins

Franco-Americans in Maine