Contributed by an individual through Maine Historical Society
Description
Dave Glovsky of Portland (1909-1997) ran a popular guessing booth at Old Orchard Beach from 1945 to the 1990s.
He also had been in the moving business in Portland and, in his youth, a boxer. He was often called "Dave the Guesser." Glovsky appeared on the David Letterman show in 1985.
About This Item
- Title: Dave Glovsky, Portland, 1990
- Creation Date: 1990
- Subject Date: 1990
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Amusement parks--Maine-Old Orchard Beach
- Business enterprises--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Curiosities & wonders--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Divination--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fortune telling--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Glovsky, Dave, 1909-1997--Portrait photographs
- Palace Playland (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Signs (Notices)--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Street entertainers--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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