Keywords: Television program
Item 103301
A camera operator films the final episode of the "Dave Astor Show," Portland, 1971
Do you know this cameraman?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1971-06-26 Location: Portland Media: Film transparency
Item 103319
Dave Astor on the set of his final show, Portland, 1971
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1971-06-26 Location: Portland Media: Film transparency
Exhibit
Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."
Exhibit
Music in Maine - Music and Television
"Music and Television The Dave Astor Show Click to see more Dave Astor Show photos Dave Astor (1919-2011) produced a variety show in Portland…"
Site Page
Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay
"… career and she went on to work on Broadway, in television and in movies. In 1985 she told the Ellsworth American that, "nothing will ever top the…"
Site Page
"… section of this website.”) “The Maine Experience, Episode 103” a Maine Public Television program produced a 10-minute feature on Malaga in 2010."
Story
His First Television Set in the 1950s
by Murray A. Bolduc
Murray A. Bolduc talked about his first TV set in the 1950s
Story
Dancing through barriers
by Garrett Stewart
My Dad performed on the Dave Astor Show in Portland during the civil rights era.
