Keywords: Sporting equipment
Item 31411
Dakin's Sporting Goods uniforms out of Bangor, 1930
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: 1930 Location: Bangor; Hanover Media: Photographic print
Item 31255
Dakin Sporting Goods Hunting And Fishing Window Display, Bangor, ca. 1937
Contributed by: Bangor Historical Society Date: circa 1937 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
World Alpine Ski Racing in Maine
Sugarloaf -- a small ski area by European standards -- entered ski racing history in 1971 by hosting an event that was part of the World Cup Alpine Ski Championships. The "Tall Timber Classic," as the event was known, had a decidedly Maine flavor.
Exhibit
By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
Site Page
Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports
"Sports Organized Sports Swan's Island softball team, ca. 1978Swan's Island Historical Society Much as the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block
"It sponsors many youth sport teams. They are also a bank for all the citizens in Bath that want them to be their bank."
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.