Keywords: City Theater
Item 33480
Dude Cowboy advertising at City Theater, Biddeford, 1926
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1926 Location: Biddeford Media: Glass Negative
Item 56926
Globe Yiddish Theater, Auburn, 1914
Contributed by: An individual through Colby College Special Collections Date: 1914 Location: Auburn Media: Photograph and ink
Item 38558
414-424 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Michael Lunch Ellen J. O'Neil et als Trustees Use: Seven stores & Theater
Item 63334
205-207 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph S. Bernstein Use: Print Shop & Store
Item 151492
Biddeford City Building, Biddeford, 1898
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1898
Location: Biddeford
Client: City of Biddeford
Architect: John Calvin Stevens
This record contains 25 images.
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
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Braden Theater
"It re-opened on Saturday, March 1, 2009. The theater still has three screens. The first movies that played at the re-opened theater were: “There Will…"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater
"Less people came to the theater. In the mid 1950s, the owner decided to close the theater. The building was sold to the New England Telephone and…"
Story
Sister Madeleine Couture: Dedicating her life to teaching
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
The story of a life immersed in family and teaching
Story
Annette Addorio: 100+ years of memories from full life
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
From 1914 to 2018, highlights from my life in Biddeford
Lesson Plan
Building Community/Community Buildings
Grade Level: 6-8
Content Area: Social Studies
Where do people gather? What defines a community? What buildings allow people to congregate to celebrate, learn, debate, vote, and take part in all manner of community activities? Students will evaluate images and primary documents from throughout Maine’s history, and look at some of Maine’s earliest gathering spaces and organizations, and how many communities established themselves around certain types of buildings. Students will make connections between the community buildings of the past and the ways we express identity and create communities today.