Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1830-1860

"… as a black and brown watered silk tassel trimmed cape with a similarly trimmed shoulder cape; a wide dark brown wadded coat, with an open front…"

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

"It is said that the walls are constructed with vertical planks. Many houses of this style of architecture still exist in Thomaston, ranging in…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"Rosenthal, Berlin." Two black, flared shoulder capes, one sturdy wool, the other silk taffeta, are styled to wear over large 1890s sleeves."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Captain Samuel Watts House

"Captain Watts first built a substantial cape style Greek Revival on Knox Street in which he and his family lived in 1842."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"Outerwear 1900-1930 Astrakhan collared cape, ca. 1903Maine Historical Society The domestic industry’s now prolific silk fabric production made…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 1 of 3

"… powder blue wool and rayon V neck day dress, whose style lingers in the 1930s, with a matching softly draped scallop edge short shoulder cape."

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place

"A small cape will abut a Victorian; a bungalow will sit beside what once must have been a farmhouse."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1930-1940 - Page 3 of 4

"… floral print chiffon with a shoulder cape; a tubular black rayon crepe with a bright pink belt, pink decorative bodice motif and skirt feature at…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"… longer skirt, and neatly fitting hip-covering tailored jacket, with an attached short shoulder cape, a feature that lingered into the 1950s."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… of Maine before the Civil War, the Greek Revival cape style house enjoyed widespread popularity. Two examples are found in an ambrotype of the…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Davis, Guy P. Gannett, and Henry P. Rines, in Cape Elizabeth. These homes are distinctive interpretations of Tudor period country houses."

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 2 of 2

"… Historic Dress Collection Major Judkin's Cape, ca. 1835Maine Historical Society Rarity makes examples of old work clothes, and what they…"

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

"… a label marked "B Green Room," and includes the Beene signature cursive "B." The gown is associated with Cecile P. Carver of Cape Elizabeth."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… Society An ambrotype of Richmond’s Island in Cape Elizabeth shows the newly constructed retirement home of longtime Portland physician James M."

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… high school bands including Portland, Deering, Cape Elizabeth, South Portland, Berwick Academy, and Sanford parade down Park Avenue in Portland as…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… Smith of Yarmouth and Sheila Libby Alexander of Cape Elizabeth, riding instructors in the 1960’s, were paid $3-$5 per day, and they loved every…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… on the building appears to say, "Clothing, Hats, Capes". David T. Stinson (1815-1873) was the son of David Stinson Sr."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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