Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"… A somewhat large collection of Armed Services uniforms within the Maine Historical Society collection are complimented by special interest or…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Organizational Uniforms

"… A somewhat large collection of Armed Services uniforms within the Maine Historical Society collection are complimented by special interest or…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 1 of 3

"… into three categories: garments, military uniforms, and accessories. The garment portion, about 3,000 pieces, encompasses clothing for people who…"

Historic Clothing Collection - The Maine Historical Society Historic Dress Collection - Page 1 of 2

"In 2018, support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Museums for America grant program facilitated item-level cataloguing…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"School regulations dictated that “When not in uniform, nurses wear their caps to the dining room as well as to the classroom.” Another institutional…"

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… once again coeducational school issued redesigned uniforms as well. Mercy continued to receive praise for the quality of its nursing program in…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Grand Army of the Republic

"To be in the G.A.R. you had to wear a uniform. The uniforms were double-breasted dark blue coats. The coats had bronze buttons and a bronze star…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Student Research

"… example, because of the need for soldiers’ wool uniforms and blankets, Maine farmers raised more sheep."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… in many men having their picture taken in uniform. The Vickery-Shettleworth Collection contains eight such images from Bangor, Bath, Harpswell…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 3

"… by displaying their new equipment and handsome uniforms. Such an event in Portland was recorded by the camera on September 30, 1846."

Historic Clothing Collection - Site Overview

"This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) MA-30-18-0288-18."

Music in Maine - Military Marching Bands

"… former military service in music choices and uniform styles. Fifes are a small woodwind instrument commonly used in military bands because the high…"

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

"This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, MA-30-18-0288-18."

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… by a Knights of Pythias Battalion U.R.K.P., "Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias," a militaristic branch of the Pythian Order."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… all the players sporting long dark beards and uniforms, and the Colored Giants, an all-Negro team renowned for their razzle-dazzle."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Western Maine Foothills Region - For The Love Of Paper - Page 1 of 4

"They had over 200 uniformed employees covering the rails from Chicago, Illinois, to Portland, Maine, and east to Halifax, Nova Scotia, with steamboat…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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

"… contractor found one end of the beach was sand, uniformly graded to small stone to larger stone to very large stone on the other end."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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