Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s Adapted from an exhibit at the Abbe Museum ; narrative text by exhibit curators Bunny McBride…"

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… called the Eastern Manufacturing Company in the 1920s. In the bottom right of the photograph is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lower West side of Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1925

"shows a variety of buildings and stores in the 1920s. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

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

"… MHS collection straddle the war years and early 1920s. The first is a lavender and white striped sailor-collared cotton dress, probably worn by Mrs."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Learn More

"… Rusticators on Maine's Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920s, by Bunny McBride and Harald E. L. Prins, Downeast Press, 2009."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… not a new medium, it was not until after the mid- 1920s when newspapers began to widely feature photographs."

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

"Lengthening skirts of the later 1920s are illustrated by a a red and gold metallic lace two-tiered dress from Bergdorf Goodman's (NY) with a longer…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"… a major smuggling route for booze during the 1920s and 1930s. Liquor was smuggled from Quebec, St Pierre and Miquelon (French Islands off…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum

"Recreation: A Lifetime Adventure, A History of the Presque Isle Recreation Program from the Late 1920s to 1982. 1983.City of Presque Isle website"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"… 1929Guilford Historical Society In between the 1920s and 1940s the basketball team was not that great but they were okay."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Quarrying

"… on Swan’s Island from the 1890s to the late 1920s when the depression took hold. At first there were small quarries along the ridges especially in…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… for family use arrived on the island during the 1920s. Cables to the mainland were run first to Brooklin, then to Burnt Point, and lastly to Bass…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"Beginning in the 1920s, newspapers started featuring paparazzi-style candid photographs of cultural icons, including celebrities, politicians, and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… activities and to promote ethical business dealings. Maine led the eastern U.S. in the formation of BPW clubs for some six years in the 1920s."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"… Historical Society Clothing of the early 1920s is characteristically loose with waists at hip level, and longish or just above ankle-length…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 1 of 4

"By the end of the 1920s, rayon had been improved and developed to make a wide range of pleasing and modest priced fabrics."

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

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

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… trimming and long tasseled silk neck ties; and a 1920s short straight fur lined edge-to-edge coat of contemporary multicolored Chinese brocade."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 4 of 4

"In the 1920s, the Pledge of Allegiance was introduced, and in the mid-century, all public schools were reciting the Pledge."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"The hall was originally built in the early 1920s by the Odd Fellows and they operated it for ten years."

John Bapst Memorial High School

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The Ocean View hotel was open throughout the 1920s but it was shut down during the Depression, along with many of the island's industries."

Cary Memorial Library

"… the Cary Memorial Library website[/url] In the 1920s library users began raising money for a permanent home."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Industry

"Another plant was built in the early 1920s to make clothespins, peavey and pick-pole handles, whiffle-trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."