Keywords: Sailor suits
Item 110703
Students in sailor costumes, Farmington Normal School, ca. 1928
Contributed by: Mantor Library at UMF Date: circa 1928 Location: Farmington Media: photographic print
Item 111688
United States Navy enlisted dress uniform, ca.1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Media: Wool, cotton
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The history of the region now known as Maine did not begin at statehood in 1820. What was Maine before it was a state? How did Maine separate from Massachusetts? How has the Maine we experience today been shaped by thousands of years of history?
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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.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Extra quarry pictures
Alec Borland (1860-1924) and Herman Staples (1895-1964) are standing by a paving stone. Herman is in the suit at right.
Story
Florence Ahlquist Link's WWII service in the WAVES
by Earlene Ahlquist Chadbourne
Florence Ahlquist, age 20, was trained to repair the new aeronautical cameras by the US Navy in WWII
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My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
