Keywords: Grandstands
Item 11115
Grandstand, Houlton Community Park, 1914
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1914-08-25 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print
Item 102385
County fair oxen, Farmington, 1932
Contributed by: Stanley Museum on deposit at Maine Historical Society Date: 1932 Location: Farmington Media: Lantern slide
Item 32476
Assessor's Record, Auburn Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Summit View Park Association Style: Grandstand
Item 150193
Steel Grandstand, Gorham, 1945-1949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945–1949 Location: Gorham Client: J. R. Cianchette Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 150563
Grandstand for the Gardiner Driving Association, Gardiner, 1921
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1921 Location: Gardiner Client: Gardiner Driving Association Architect: Harry S. Coombs
Exhibit
The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.
Exhibit
Blueberries to Potatoes: Farming in Maine
Not part of the American "farm belt," Maine nonetheless has been known over the years for a few agricultural items, especially blueberries, sweet corn, potatoes, apples, chickens and dairy products.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"The grandstand was built in 1883. In 1897 the grandstand caught fire, but it was re-built the next year and made to seat 5,000 people."
Site Page
Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 1 of 3
"In 1965 the field did not have a grandstand anymore; a new backstop was constructed. The town field is located along Water Street."
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
