Maine Memory Network

Camp Runoia girls in Vaudeville place 1913

Contributed by: Camp Runoia Date: 1913 Location: Belgrade Media: Photographic print

'Somewhere in Maine,' Portland, 1927

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927 Media: Ink on paper

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"… their talents and performing in operas, vaudeville, and so-called “Wild West” shows. They met and sang with people from other Indigenous…"

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… and Clouthier department store, and played vaudeville stages in New York. Franco Bands Alphonse Cote, Lewiston, 1918Franco-American…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… showmanship and a keen understanding of the Vaudeville style. He was said to be a story teller of great talent and an unrepentant trickster."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"… summers the Pastime also hosted plays, offering vaudeville between acts. The Park Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville…"

Princess Watahwaso
by Jason Pardilla (Penobscot)

A story about Lucy Nicolar Poolaw (1882-1869)