Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… custom of either themselves or their dressmakers altering and updating existing garments to keep up with constantly changing fashion."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"By 1825, the dress was altered and re-constructed, perhaps as a costume (known at the time as "fancy dress") in homage to the Marquis, or as an early…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Fales Edgarton House

"The house has been altered but its basic simplistic Cape Cod style is quite typical of the times. It is said that the walls are constructed with…"

Blue Hill, Maine - A New Look at an Old Painting

"… trees, along with many new houses, had completely altered our view of the landscape. We can look at Rev."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 2 of 4

"… to center waist contrive a pelerine effect on a brown taffeta plaid dress. Although of the period, the dress includes a noticeably altered waist."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable grouping that developed at the riverfront during Hallowell’s…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1940 to Present Day

"… examples, most of which have had little exterior alterations and all of which remain one of the area’s largest attractions."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… the completion of Mussey’s Row in 1852 and the alteration of the Preble House in 1859. Home of John Moreland Cummings, Richmond's Island, ca."

Maine's Road to Statehood - Maine in the 17th Century

"… population of the infant territory increased and altered over the next century, its political position, as well as its people increasingly…"

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

"The navy gaberdine suit, albeit with a skirt showing signs of later alterations or updating, reflects the popular peplum jacket style."

Architecture & Landscape database - John Calvin Stevens

"… 1880 to 1940, John Calvin Stevens designed or altered more than three hundred domestic, religious, public, commercial, and industrial structures on…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Maine Architectural Renderings

"… pencil and wash drawing of Mansion House alterations made during this period. In 1899 Harry C."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"The third (top) floor has been altered primarily because of damage, while the first (bottom) floor has been altered to meet the occupying business’…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… story and probably the roof has been extensively altered. In 1979-80, the street facade was remodeled to fit the nineteenth- century style of the…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"… are often changed when bridges are built which alter the flow of traffic. However, it is not often that building a bridge changes the area and…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 3 of 4

"This addition would require many alterations and additions to processes though out the mill. The greatest change was that process waters had to be…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"… unchanged by 1930, although dramatically altered in 1949. It still stands, but is nearly unrecognizable compared to its 1930 form."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"I have composed some prayers to alter the minds of the savages. These prayers are of the natures. I teach catechism to the children and young people."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… improvements made to the building, several more alterations and extensive repairs were made to keep it up and running."

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

"Necessary street realignment altered routing and residences on Lower Water and Pleasant Streets. Note the photograph to the right showing the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Near the center of downtown, the Hyde Block was altered extensively in 1910, when Bath Savings Institution moved to the building’s Broad Street…"