Keywords: Silent films
Item 105115
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1924 Media: glass negative
Item 111677
Miss Flobelle Fairbanks, Portland, 1926
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: glass negative
Exhibit
Fashion for the People: Maine's Graphic Tees
From their humble beginnings as undergarments to today's fashion runways, t-shirts have evolved into universally worn wardrobe staples. Original graphic t-shirts, graphic t-shirt quilts, and photographs trace the 102-year history of the garment, demonstrating how, through the act of wearing graphic tees, people own a part of history relating to politics, social justice, economics, and commemorative events in Maine.
Exhibit
A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island
"… Harbor Library The theatre featured silent-film movies with live accompaniment on a $25,000 Robert Morgan 4-manual organ."
Site Page
Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4
"… minstrel shows and the movie theater, showing silent films accompanied by a local piano player. The town did not sell liquor but did have a beauty…"
Story
My father, Earle Ahlquist, served during World War II
by Earlene Chadbourne
Earle Ahlquist used his Maine common sense during his Marine service and to survive Iwo Jima
