Maine Memory Network

Criterion & Star Tickets, Bar Harbor, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Raymond Strout through Northeast Harbor Library Date: circa 1935 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Ink on paper

Ritz Brothers at the Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, ca. 1932

Contributed by: Raymond Strout through Northeast Harbor Library Date: circa 1932 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Photographic print

Cosmopolitan stylings of Mildred and Madeleine Burrage

Born in Portland, sisters Mildred Giddings Burrage (1890-1983) and Madeleine Burrage (1891-1976) were renowned artists and world travelers. Mildred's experiences studying painting in Paris and Italy, and the sisters' trips to Mexico and Guatemala inspired their artwork and shared passions for cosmopolitan and stylish attire. Housed at Maine Historical Society, The Burrage Papers include selections of original advertising drawings called "line sheets" from Parisian fashion houses dating from 1928 to 1936. Images of Madeleine's gemstone jewelry and Mildred's artwork accompany intimate family photographs of the sisters.

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.

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Ritz Brothers at the Criterion Theatre, Bar Harbor, ca. 1932Northeast Harbor Library The Criterion Theatre arrived quickly on the heels of the Star…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"

Memories of working at the Criterion Theatre
by Vernon L. Cox

Working as a teenager with projectionest Roy Blake at the Criterion Theater