Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"In 1904, Mandel's Department Store in New York advertised a high quality fashionable ready-made suit priced at $25.00 (approximately $700.00 in the…"

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

"… industry in the 1920s, found opportunities in fashion fields such as designing, advertising, and journalism."

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

"… Joseph Lyendecker's famous "The Arrow Shirt Man" advertisements, as well as the Saturday Evening Post covers, featuring sporty young women and men…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1910-1920 - Page 2 of 2

"Versions of garments such as those advertised in the New York store Gimbles' 1915 catalogue, straight tailored skirts, and similarly skirted dresses…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"In 1907, Portland's newspaper advertised ladies long straight double-breasted silk coats with wide gathered shoulder sleeves."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 1 of 3

"… suits, with slightly dropped waists advertised by stores such as New York’s Altmans would also have been available throughout Maine, but are not…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"Clark (Department Store) at 25 cents each.” So advertised the Lubec Herald newspaper in its June 21, 1911 issue, the 100th birthday of the Town of…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… with the promise of “gorgeous fireworks!” in advertisements that also included band concerts and vaudeville performances as part of the “big…"

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"… Three days later on August 16 The Calais Advertiser published a four-page special section about the dedication and opening of the Franklin D."