Keywords: State Theatre
Item 103741
Baby contest photographs, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 71760
The Lakewood Theatre, Madison, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Madison Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 70558
9-13 Preble Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: State Loan Company Use: Theatre - Stores - Offices
Item 49984
Owner in 1924: William S Wolf Use: Theatre
Item 150105
Madawaska Theatre, Madawaska, 1948-1949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1949 Location: Madawaska; Madawaska Clients: State Theatre Company Inc.; Bernstein & Lieberman Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
Civil Defense: Fear and Safety
In the 1950s and the 1960s, Maine's Civil Defense effort focused on preparedness for hurricanes, floods and other natural disasters and a more global concern, nuclear war. Civil Defense materials urged awareness, along with measures like storing food and other staple items and preparing underground or other shelters.
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House
"It was renamed the Perry Theatre, and had a sixty foot semicircular stage. In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925
"The presence of the Lincoln Theatre (at right), built in 1923 to replace the Odd Fellows Hall after it burned in 1922, suggests that this photo was…"
