Maine Memory Network

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… cottages in places such as Mount Desert Island, Blue Hill and Castine. The Playhouse offered some elegance and culture in a charming rustic setting."

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

"… one for day and one for evening; a bright blue, possibly ‘electric’ blue, taffeta with a combination of knife pleats, side and back double box…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"1950-1960 Blue and white check dress, ca. 1955Maine Historical Society Introduced in 1947, Dior's "New Look" featured neatly rounded…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 3 of 3

"… four button coat and round neck dress of a pale blue and white scrolling design matelassé synthetic; and a home sewn three quarter sleeve green…"

Jonathan Fisher Memorial

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Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"A new blue called "electric" blue, may be the bright blue seen in Phebe Cole Townsend's crinoline dress."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 2 of 3

"… reads "FELIX, Portland;" A knee-length navy blue dress made of oversized nylon seersucker, with a square neck and ruched, button trimmed front…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… with a brown background, with a red (madder) and blue (indigo) floral pattern. It bears a label, stating "1779."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… a medley of home embroidered and patched blue jeans, tie dyed T-shirts, message T-shirts, pants for women, cheap flowing Indian print skirts and…"

Music in Maine - Community Music

"… Festival Click to read about the North Atlantic Blues Festival The Roots of the North Atlantic Blues Festival By Paul Benjamin My parents brought…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"… labelled "Crazy Horse", and a wine and navy blue window pane check pant suit with cuffed pants and zip front closure jacket."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 1 of 3

"It was here that she caught her first “speckled beauty,” Crosby’s affectionate nickname for native brook trout, in Mt. Blue Stream."

Porter Memorial Library

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Historic Hallowell - A Post-Revolutionary Generation

"Elizabeth Palmer Peabody -- Hallowell Blue Stocking. Benjamin Vaughan wanted the females in his family to be well informed and exposed to liberal…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 3 of 4

"Jane and her mother settled on the north side of Blue Point near the mouth of Mill Creek. Jane’s fireplace with its blackened hearthstone could be…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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