Keywords: 1960s
Item 61878
Gwen May remembers working the Swan's Island telephone switchboard in the 1960s
Contributed by: Swan's Island Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Swan's Island Media: Mp3
Item 105473
Dior inspired prom dress, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1960
Location: Portland
Media: cotton, metal
This record contains 11 images.
Exhibit
By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
Exhibit
Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation
Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
"1960-1970 The 1960s tend to be recalled as the age of the mini skirt, which it was. It was also the era of the "baby boom" generation, and the…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925
"The clock was electrified in the 1960s. The presence of the Lincoln Theatre (at right), built in 1923 to replace the Odd Fellows Hall after it…"
Story
The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
Story
Growing up in Lewiston
by Kathy Becvar
Growing up in Lewiston in the 1960s and 1970s.
