Keywords: patches
Item 98788
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: 2013 Location: Waldoboro Media: Wood, textiles
Item 100150
Second Waldoboro Fire Department patch, Waldoboro, ca. 1998
Contributed by: Waldoboro Fire Department Date: circa 1998 Location: Waldoboro Media: Cloth
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Somerset Railroad
The Somerset Railroad was completed in 1872. It started out as a dream to link the Maine Coast with Canadian businesses to the north. It ran from the North Woods around Moosehead Lake down to Southern Maine and back again for 56 years.
Exhibit
Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
Site Page
Early Maine Photography - Family Groups
"More direct in approach is the ambrotype of the Patch Family of Bangor. This three generation portrait places a grandmother at the center flanked by…"
Site Page
Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3
"… buttons, and two knee level box pleats below a patch pocket, matching the pocket on the left chest."
Story
How Mom caught Dad
by Jane E. Woodman
How Ruth and Piney met in Wilton and started a life together
Story
Catching live bait with Grandfather
by Randy Randall
We never bought live bait for fishing. Grandfather caught all the minnows and shiners we needed.
