Maine Memory Network

Wong My and Sam Sing, Augusta, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Augusta Media: photographic print

William Wong, Portland, ca. 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative

Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

Music in Maine - PLAY

"PLAY Watching musicians sing and play music in public is an important communal experience for the performer and the audience."

Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… and participated in many other activities like singing. The Serenaders. a group of seventeen girls, along with the school Superintendent Dr."

John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… Grant & Wilson Club and four men marching and singing, is on page 115 of Martin's "Scrap Book no 3," one of five volumes he wrote and illustrated…"

"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria

Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.

Powwow Music
by Chris Sockalexis

Playing powwow music with my group, the RezDogs