Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… up to 44 male members, who each could have two women who might accompany them to the weekly dances and weekly dance lessons."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"Thanks to the generosity of the the Maine Women Writers Collection and the Abplanalp Library at the University of New England this volume also has…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"The “Cove” room carried daytime and evening dresses, coats, jackets, robes, and hats. Osgood’s did 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New…"

Lincoln, Maine - Solomon's Store

"… that Solomon’s Store sold clothes of all sorts: dresses, socks, pants, shorts, and the best “knickers” everyone thought."

Colby College Special Collections

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… women who worked at the laundry, deciding to dress up in some of the fancy dresses they were supposed to be washing, and having their picture taken…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"… girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys looked…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"The wound was dressed by Drs. Blake and Linscott. Young C. is a poor man and has been in the States but a few weeks; has a wife and five children in…"