Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"… of the Women's Suffrage Movement, the right for women to vote was finally ratified for women everywhere in the U.S."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… Part 6, pages 97-113 July 4, 1865 activities, women "who bore a bad name," first balloon ascention   Part 8, pages 135-150 Return of soldiers…"

Lincoln, Maine - Osgood's Store

"Women's and children’s clothes were added to the line. On April 28, 1960, Mr. Osgood started a complete renovation; the first floor was completed…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 3 of 3

"… Library These citizens would either have food, clothing or medicine brought to their home if they had one, or if they had no home they would join…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… cooking, tending children, washing and mending clothes, skinning and stretching hides, braiding sweetgrass, preparing ash strips, weaving baskets…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"… Bag Department made bags for flour, groceries, clothing, confectioneries, and bread in more than 35 different sizes and more than 20 brands."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868

"… up to 44 male members, who each could have two women who might accompany them to the weekly dances and weekly dance lessons."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"Thanks to the generosity of the the Maine Women Writers Collection and the Abplanalp Library at the University of New England this volume also has…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"Erlrie Holmes operated a clothing store and lived in the back with his family. Across Main Street was a drug store, originally owned Mr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Beginnings

"They hunted. They made their clothing at home, beginning with raising the sheep and then weaving the wool."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Agriculture

"… overalls, Aunt Lydia’s carpet thread, bolts of cloth, lamp chimneys, medicines and tooth powder. On the other side: cracker barrels, cheese wheels…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Soldiers Of The Civil War

"By 1880 John Bangs was a clothing manufacturer. Mr. Bangs had a wife, Clara, and three sons, and by 1910 he was a widower, living in Nebraska."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… established here in 1851 and Dunn's Store sold clothes, hardware and food. There was a gristmill and a blacksmith shop."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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