Maine Memory Network

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Tilson's Hat

"Tilson's Hat Civil War Union Cap worn by Perez TilsonThomaston Historical Society ➢ This is a recreation Henry Tilson’s possible conversation…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Charles Davenport is one of the first aldermen of the City elected to represent ward 7. He filled different roles in Bath's government when Bath was…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"David T. Stinson (1815-1873) was the son of David Stinson Sr. David Tilden Stinson was an actor in the Bath Elocutionist Society."

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

"Other daytime ensembles in the collection include a plain yellow-beige, slim faile rayon mid-calf dress with brown polka-dot spotted fabric trimming…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Square shouldered cape and suit ensemble, ca. 1943 - Page 1 of 3

"An avid world traveler, perhaps Lucile Atkinson Baker (1892-1976) wore the suit on one of her many trips. Born in Iowa, Lucile lived in Tokyo…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Gorham L. Boynton, Bangor, ca. 1867

"… not very tall wears usually a low crowned straw hat drab or yellow pants & vest sometimes a black coat & sometimes dark or brown most generally cut…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… of other items include: worsted hose (stockings), hats, caps, boots and shoes. Crops exhibited and judged, included: wheat, barley, corn and flax…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The wide variety of women’s hand crafts, such as weaving, quilting, and crocheting, is reflected in the Vickery-Shettlewroth Collection, with a…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"… and evening dresses, coats, jackets, robes, and hats. Osgood’s did 90 percent of their buying at the Boston and New York style shows, having not…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Church on the Hill

"All the girls were adorned in new Easter hats and pretty dresses that were beautifully puffed out with crinoline petty coats underneath; the boys…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Beaver hats were in fashion! Trappers also trapped mink, martin, rabbits, fishers, bears, and coyotes. A few trout from Valley Brook, Strong, ca."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 3 of 4

"The early mailmen wore tall hats with wide bands, and as they collected letters along the way, they tucked them into those hatbands."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - A Call to Temperance

"… Irish-Americans in a cartoon style with the hat and pipe still used to symbolize the Irish. "Burns is a devil when he's drunk...."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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