Keywords: Children performing in theatrical productions
Item 104880
Three girls preparing for a Chapman school play, Portland, 1921
Who are they?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1921 Location: Portland Media: glass negative
Item 9477
Summer masquerade, Squirrel Island, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Southport Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
Exhibit
We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.
Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.
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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Theater
"1930Swan's Island Historical Society Theatrical performances often focused on raising money to benefit various island endeavors, children enjoying…"
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Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company
"The SOC performed throughout Maine in 1985. Nowick brought the group to perform in Kyoto, Japan where he had lived for 15 years studying Zen and…"
