Maine Memory Network

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

"… early twentieth century clothing (2016), and Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In: Adornment and Identity in Maine (2011)."

Historic Clothing Collection - Themed Image Galleries

"Beyond women's dresses, and taken as whole, the collection incorporates a considerable quantity and variety of different categories of apparel, of…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1850-1870 - Page 1 of 4

"The collection’s 1850s dress of gold silk damask with an elongated leafy tree motif (quite distinct from imported European designs) is a reminder…"

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

"Most outstanding is a ca. 1905 long, body-fitting dress with white crescent embroidery, a three-quarter double skirt from the hips, and long…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 3 of 4

"Cut velvet two-piece dress, ca. 1885Maine Historical Society Ida Bowles' wedding dress, ca.1886Maine Historical Society In August 1882…"

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

"… in the late 1950s to early 1960s, the custom of girls and young women dressing or wearing hair and make-up like their mothers, faded away."

Historic Clothing Collection - Fabric Adaptive Reuse

"… when silk textiles were so expensive and new dresses required many yards of fabric, women were familiar with the custom of either themselves or…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Mid to Late Nineteenth Century

"Phebe Cole Townsend's 'electric' blue dress, Alexander, ca. 1863Maine Historical Society Industrial developments made significant contributions to…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1890-1900 - Page 3 of 3

"1890-1900 Green wool dress with red satin and black braid details, ca. 1900Maine Historical Society By about 1898, the sleeve had deflated…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Annie Martin, Bangor, 1864

"… in the illustrated numbered "2," she was making a dress for her doll, telling the cat she could not pick it up because she was busy."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"J: Your mother, with 12 children, how did she have time to work in the canneries? S: Well, that was when we got older."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Bangor Quartette Club, 1849

"He wanted his wife and children to know more about him and how things worked and looked at the time he was growing up and was first in business."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Elmer Ellsworth Martin, Bangor, 1865

"… in 1864 to recount his experiences for his children. Elmer, who died of scarlet fever, is shown at age 4 at top telling his mother, Clara Cary…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Illustrations

"… railroad, the first gunboat up the Penobscot, his children, himself, his house and gardens, chairs he built, fashions of various eras, numerous…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's Journal

"He wanted his children to know how the "pioneers" of the Bangor area "procured their education and livelihood, enjoyed their amusements &c." His…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"None of John and Clara Martin's children had any children of their own. When John Junior, the last surviving of the Martin children, died in October…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - "Representing every particular:" John Martin's Reflections, Illustrations, and Commentary - Page 2 of 2

"They had six children, Ada (1851-1923), Annie (1855-1889), John Junior (1858-1929), Elmer (1860-1870), Frank, who died shortly after birth in 1862…"

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

"… various island endeavors, children enjoying dressing-up, or community members just having a good time."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"Pig processing costs 45 cents per pound dressed; federal pigs cost 70 cents per pound dressed; $35 to kill a pig either way."

John Martin: Expert Observer - George Francis Train, Bangor, 1866

"… Martin added, "This gentleman was invited to come up and fire up the Irish and get them on a fever heat for the coming election ..." View…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gravenstein apple, Bangor, 1866

"… than my finger but during the season it thickened up a little from the ground up 2 feet but when the fruit grew it would have bent to the ground…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Pendleton & Ross stand, Bangor, 1864

"… largest and finest business ever done in the city up to this time in the way of selling goods running boats shipping & other incidents connected…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Lamps and stove, John Martin store, Bangor, 1864

"He hoped to avoid economic ups and downs by operating his own business. Detail oriented and interested in architecture, business, gardening…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Old Bill, gundalow crossing Penobscot River, Bangor, 1846

"… a visit to Ellsworth where his mother had grown up and where Martin was born, when they ran into bad weather."