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Keywords: Accordions

Historical Items

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Item 6449

Music Around the Wood Stove, Parsonsfield, ca. 1899

Contributed by: Maine State Archives Date: circa 1899 Location: Parsonsfield Media: Glass Negative

Mystery Corner Item

Item 104610

Accordion and banjo players, ca. 1940

Mystery Corner Item Do you know who these people are and where this was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1940 Media: Glass Negative

Item 148461

The Lone Pine Mountaineers, Bangor, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… photograph includes, left to right: Edgar Ruby on accordion, Don Doane Sr. on guitar, an unnamed person, William Abdoul “Shorty” Freeman on fiddle…"

Exhibit

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Similar to accordions, melodeons use reeds and airflow to create sounds, but the musician pumps the instrument by foot rather than using their arms."

Site Pages

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Site Page

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"… but many people could also play a guitar, an accordion or a fiddle. Music, including singing, provided family entertainment and fostered…"