Maine Memory Network

Diorama of the Northern Maine Woods , ca. 1930

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1930 Location: Amity Media: Match sticks and paint

Box of Matches Wrapped for Polar Climate, 1906

Contributed by: Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Date: 1906 Media: Wood, canvas

Assessor's Record, 13-15 Oxford Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Percival P. Baxter Agent Use: Shed

Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment

Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.

Northern Threads: The rise and fall of the gigot sleeve

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring the balloon-like gigot sleeve of the 1830s.

Historic Clothing Collection - Organdy summer dress, ca. 1863 - Page 1 of 4

"… dress with a pleated crinoline skirt includes a matching petticoat. It has drop shoulders, and full "bishop" sleeves, defined here as a sleeve…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… open front, gathered back waist, and voluminous matching cape trimmed with deep bands of cord knotting; a child's turquoise wool cape embroidered…"

COME OUT SWINGIN'!
by Brian Daly

I wrote a musical comedy about Lewiston hosting the Ali-Liston title fight in 1965.

Sarah Jane Poli: Biddeford’s first female school superintendent
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center

An Italian immigrant's daughter is key to a family grocery store and a leader in the school system