Keywords: actors
Item 16406
Edwin T. Booth as Hamlet, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1870 Location: New York Media: Photographic print
Item 29368
J. J. Salvas and Franco actors, Biddeford, ca. 1925
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 83936
Dunham property, N. Side Torrington Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Actor P. Dunham Use: Summer Dwelling
Item 150996
Actor's bungalow for Lakewood Inc., ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Madison Client: Lakewood Inc. Architect: John P. Thomas
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
Dressing Up, Standing Out, Fitting In
Adorning oneself to look one's "best" has varied over time, gender, economic class, and by event. Adornments suggest one's sense of identity and one's intent to stand out or fit in.
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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay
"Actors included character actor Edward Everett Horton who was ubiquitous in Hollywood films of the 1930s and acclaimed stage actor Barnard Hughes."
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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island
"… composers, musicians, vocalists, dancers, stage actors and film stars of the era. In this exhibit we highlight some major focal points in…"
Story
Peter Spanos fled the genocide in Turkey to Maine
by anonymous
Peter Spanos fled the Greek genocide in Smyrna in 1922, coming to Maine to work as a fruit peddler
Story
The Equal Freedom to Marry
by Mary L Bonauto
Marriage Equality, Maine, and the U.S. Supreme Court
