Maine Memory Network

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1800-1830

"1810Maine Historical Society Sarah Bowman Winter's "fancy weave" coat, Bath, ca. 1825Maine Historical Society"

Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"What do we mean by Costume? Fancy dress, ca. 1825Maine Historical Society Museum vocabulary frequently uses the term costume to describe…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"… house for picker’s families was usually not as fancy as the farmer’s house. It became know in local parlance as a “picker’s shack”."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VI. The deluge of industrial expansion & immigration (1865-1900) - Page 2 of 2

"… restaurants, groceries, and clothing, paper, and fancy goods shops. Some would even work in the mill in addition to their other business ventures…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 3 of 3

"Fancy silk embroidered vests, such as Samuel Freeman's circa 1775-1785 vest in the MHS collection, are the most commonly surviving items of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"… 1890’s, “one car Royal Gem, one car Taylor’s Fancy Patent, just received direct form the mills and to be sold very low for cash or exchange of…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Franklin County Agricultural Fair

"… quilts and spreads, carpets, rugs and plants, fancy work, taxidermy. The fair has been held every year since 1840 at the fair grounds on High St."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"Fancy porcupine-weave basket, Penobscot, 1862Abbe Museum Living in scattered homesteads and small hamlets, these hardscrabble settlers busied…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… from them for their own use to stiffen cloth for fancy shirts or dresses. By the 1890’s large crews were needed to harvest potatoes."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 1 of 2

"… of his brick Federal style house by adding a fanciful overlay of wooden Gothic Revival carving inspired by the Cathedral of Milan."

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 3 of 3

"Dunton, a millinery and fancy goods dealer. Street Scene in Athens, ca. 1865Maine Historical Society Two Maine related outdoor images in the…"

Historic Clothing Collection - Eighteenth Century - Page 1 of 3

"… perhaps as a costume (known at the time as "fancy dress") in homage to the Marquis, or as an early example of the colonial revival movement."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"The new theater had balconies, sloped floors, fancy seats, a small concession stand, an ice cream parlor, and a pool room."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"… were revamped to just look like they were fancy. Their interiors were usually not decorated so royally though."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Williams, Millinery and Fancy Goods store. The person on the extreme right is William Appleyard. This photo was taken by The C. A. Smith Photo Co."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - IV. Transitions and troubles: Private enterprise shoulders an island’s needs

"… Maryland: "They were all sort of… somewhat fancy but impoverished people. They all have family trees… and they’re all ‘bon vivant’ whatever, but…"

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - Streetscape, 1790-1930

"… in 1866, with a third story, a Mansard roof and fancy ironwork, stone ornamentation and slate roofing added."

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

"… the laundry, deciding to dress up in some of the fancy dresses they were supposed to be washing, and having their picture taken by Mr. Moore."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Merchants' Row

"… sold products to consumers was by having fancy displays in the store windows. Some architects added architectural details like mouse toothing…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"It used to be a home, but now it’s a fancy bed and breakfast, with six beautiful guest rooms. Each room has its own specific name: the Rose Room, the…"

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… five Surry merchants and dealers selling dry and fancy goods, boots, crockery, paints, groceries, confectionery, etc."

Lubec, Maine - Klondike: Lubec's Gold from Sea Water Hoax

"… that did Reverend P. F. Jernegan tickle the fancy and stimulate the greed of victims with his brilliant and enticing prospectus of the Electrolytic…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… Brothers operated a large grocery store featuring fancy goods, (ie: caviar, goose liver, specially packed canned foods from SS Pierce Co."

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Sagadahock House and The Sagadahoc Block

"The next afternoon the Mayor ordered a fancy lunch for all the firefighters that were there to help."