Maine Memory Network

Early Maine Photography - Studio Portraits

"… by the introduction of drapery, tastefully colored." Portrait of a young woman with a straw hat, South Berwick, ca."

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

"… fashions, one was defined by soft pastel colored, lacy, bloused or pouched bodices, with smooth firmly corseted back thrust hips ("S" bend style)…"

Stanley Museum

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Moosehead Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"Other canneries used “unsoaked” clams, as “soaked” clams lost not only color, but flavor. Pine Point clam diggers sold many bushels of clams to…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… barroom image of the late 19th century was a colorful, inaccurate nod to macho patrons, believed to have come from Donahue's bar in Portland."

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"McBride, James, The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother, 1996, Riverhead Books, New York."

Abbe Museum

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Frye Island Historical Society

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"It has a colorful history, with fires, Freemasonry, and several businesses. Over the course of the 153 years that the building has been standing…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Maps

"Students in EDU 221 in fall 2008 converted the color print brochure to this digital version of the Arboretum Trail."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"… so called because the water was a light yellow color, and two hills known as Clark Hill and Bennett Hill."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Only a single hand colored photograph remains to document the Universalist Church. Oliver Moses rented the upstairs of the Church Block to a…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Continental Paper Bag Company

"Many colors were used and trimmers cut labels to size. Arsenault said the labels and wrappers were sent throughout the U.S and to foreign countries…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"The most colorful was owned by Alice Ross Greele (Grele). Located on the corner of today's Congress and Hampshire streets, the tavern served as…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 4 of 5

"… of art teacher Mary Lightbody, drew and water-colored images of the old building. Notecards were made from the originals and given to people who…"

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… Church because of its unique chocolate brown color that covers the caramel it was originally before being painted white."

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Freedom & Captivity Portal

The Freedom & Captivity digital collection in the Maine Memory Network, and the complete digital archive housed at Colby Special Collections, is a repository of personal testimonies, ephemera, memorabilia, artifacts, and visual materials that capture multiple dimensions of the experiences of incarceration for individuals, families, and communities, as well as for survivors of harm.

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"… Booklet of the Museum Cover: From original water color by C. Robert TylerFarmington Historical Society As Farmington reached the 20th Century, the…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Eastern Maine Medical Center

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