Maine Memory Network

Historic Hallowell - Volunteer Firefighters and their Fire Clothes

"For pants, they wear tan overalls when fighting fires. Fire Department Ladder Wagon, Second Street, Hallowell, 1913Hubbard Free Library…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 2 of 3

"… detachable collar of crochet and tape lace, and a tan flowered cream dress with a chiffon yoke, shoulder-wide mock collar, and flounced hem skirt…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1920-1930 - Page 2 of 3

"For example, Helen Little Hamm's tan chiffon dress, with an uneven knee-length hemline features a low-slung swag of brown velvet draped from one hip…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 2 of 3

"… is a synthetic double knit long sleeve purple, tan and white bold diagonal plaid with a belt and labelled "FELIX Portland." Several examples of mid…"

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"… cover them, and these two items were normally tan and brown.The fabrics were made of mostly wool and rarely made of cotton because of its expense."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 3 of 3

"On January 23, 2009, the Tan Turtle Tavern burned to the ground, leaving Northeast Harbor with one less business in an already dwindling business…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"In the 1960's, there were just white and tan shoes manufactured. See the difference between technology in the past and today? Johnson Brothers…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"… the outer facade are painted green, yellow, and tan. The Church Block is a three-story building. Details on the Church Block that are still there…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Regional and Town History

"… for lumber and pulp, as well as hemlock for the tanning industry. In the late 19th century, as paper mills, textile mills, and shoe factories…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… had a small store, a blacksmith, a shoemaker, a tanning yard, a woolen factory, at least four mills, two shipyards, a schoolhouse, and a church."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… mothers made from the salvaged wool, which was tan or gray on one side and checked on the other. Masts from the wreck were visible from the cliff…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… hung and dried, then sent to Bangor where they tan the pelts. Mrs. Lewis, a woman who owns the little store down the street, is bidding $4,000 for…"