Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 - Page 1 of 2

"Sally Holmes's evening gown, ca. 1824 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Sally Holmes of Alfred wore this evening gown in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 - Page 1 of 4

"Gauze evening dress with silk sash, ca. 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description An 1867 issue of Peterson's Magazine…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs from the Evening Express , 1920-1935 America’s obsession with celebrity is nothing new."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"… occupied a prominent role in the Press Herald and Evening Express papers. The Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Collection contains many examples…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"… Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express ran a regular article called “We Have With Us”, and “With Us Today”, which…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"1930-1940 Evening gown with pink decorative motif, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society Fashions from the Great Depression years range from…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working waterfront entitled…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"The Portland Evening Express documented the week’s Centennial events, highlighting a plethora of activities."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"The Evening Express had the largest circulation in the city, and leveraged this by charging exorbitant advertising rates."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… Like contemporary news coverage, the Portland Evening Express and Press Herald covered crime and disaster vehemently, and often promoted it on the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… visiting aviators was always a big topic in the Evening Express and Press Herald newspapers. Guy Gannett and his father were avid aviators and…"

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

"Adeline Rines' evening gown, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society Of a similar date, Portland’s Adeline Rines owned a peach rayon full length georgette…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… edge-to-edge collarless beige silk and wool evening coat with typical early century cream silk cord patterning down the front, and long silk ribbon…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"Norman Norell evening dress, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society The second example features a V neck, cream satin dolman sleeve bodice, attached to a…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 3 of 3

"… lurex, a lined high neck, long sleeve, slim evening dress is made of a gold flecked red and green paisley print nylon chiffon."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… Man" advertisements, as well as the Saturday Evening Post covers, featuring sporty young women and men wearing shirts."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"Even in such far flung places as Maine (then thinly inhabited), the financially comfortable genteel members of its small and scattered communities…"

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

"… the beginning of the bustle era with descriptions of evening dresses flat and plain in the front with skirts gathered in a bunch at the back."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"… pale green damask edged with white rabbit fur for evening; and a velvet trimmed multicolored, striped wool, printed jacket trimmed in velvet."

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

"… specialized in robes and elegant understated evening gowns, fitted and made for specific clients."

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

"Glamorous designs were reserved for evening wear. Of course many women still wore older styles, one of which is a very wearable lightweight…"

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

"… print with two bodices, one for day and one for evening; a bright blue, possibly ‘electric’ blue, taffeta with a combination of knife pleats, side…"

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."