Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - 1800-1830 - Page 1 of 2

"… details began to encroach on the early simple and plain greco-style gowns, as may be observed in a delicate almost transparent, muslin dress with…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1900-1910 - Page 1 of 3

"… favored a more naturally curved silhouette with plain, sensible skirts (still worn with corsets) and shirt blouses, often with stiff collars and…"

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

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

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 1 of 3

"… to the Leavitt family, a wadded mulberry colored plain taffeta silk coat-dress with very full gigot sleeves presents a good example of day fashions…"

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

"… - room to move - but in this case to work, the straight skirt on a plain khaki cotton household maid’s dress features side seam gusset pleats."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1830-1850 - Page 3 of 3

"… Society Silk dresses in subdued colors of plain and woven patterns predominate the 1840s examples."

Skowhegan Community History - Bloomfield Academy

"The first building was built in 1814 and was very plain. It was really an accomplishment to get this school going especially with the war of 1812…"

Historic Hallowell - A Chosen Place ~ Once Again

"… she will still send them forth to every mountain, plain and sea, perhaps, and may they do as well as those who are now citizens of every land."

Kings Landing Historical Settlement

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Historic Hallowell - Wood Ashes or Gold Dust?

"A settler could either collect and sell the plain wood ash, or they could blanch it in a large vat, and boil it down to produce pot-ash (potash)."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"The wind swept fiercely across these plains before buildings and trees obstructed it progress. It was the most impassable section between Weld and…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Buttons

"Varney. A plain brown shopping bag, falling apart from age, covered in creases, its handles ripping."

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3

"Before it was built it was plain woods or a field. In 1965 the field did not have a grandstand anymore; a new backstop was constructed."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"Advertisements like this promised a "plain sealed case" would arrive in the mail. McGlinchey's Brewery, Portland, ca."

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"… saw mill which was electronically automated and moved from the flood plains of Guilford to Burnham, which is about 25 minutes south of Newport."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"The lady’s plain dress and her old rocking chair indicate a rural origin for this tintype. Tintype of woman knitting, ca."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"Standing before a plain backdrop with his left hand on a cane-seated chair, he stares earnestly at the photographer, seemingly unconcerned by his…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"… Historical Society The return of ardent spirits, plainly shown by the Ballantine Ale billboard, did not end violence."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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