Maine Memory Network

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

"… dress, made by the Misses Macdonough of Portland, with neatly fitted pin tucked hips, tucked sleeves and silk cord scrolling at the square neck."

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

"… blouses (called waists) with standing collars, pin tucking, and lace insert detailing well represented."

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"With a square neck, pin tucked bodice, and short frilled edge sleeves, this worn and simple little dress is made of a coarse cotton, block printed…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Mills and Homes in Stockholm

"… mill, veneer mill, baseball bat mill, clothes pin mill, bowling pin mill, two lumber mills, cedar mill, shingle mill, and a lath mill (lath are…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnny Stringer ~ A Character of Industry

"… but interesting, products was handmade clothes pins produced by one of the city’s more colorful tradesmen, Johnny Stringer."

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"… John Stringer of Hallowell (who also made clothes pins) and Benjamin F. Cunningham of Freedom, shown resting his hand on a sample miniature Empire…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"Another company was built to make clothes pins, peavey and pick–pole handles, whiffle–trees, snowshoes and perforated chair seats."

Historic Hallowell - Shipbuilding

"… of the above head deck while the other end was pinned to the wall supporting the roof. Giant, wooden bolts were used to hold everything into place…"

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"We are Provided with Rubber cloths 6 x 2 feet, which we lay on at night-or throw over our sholders when it rains."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 2 of 3

"… the shield was also worn on student nurses’ pins. The shield was actually the badge of the Order of Ransom, founded in 1218 in the city of…"