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Item 11947

May Fellows, Skowhegan, ca. 1890

Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: circa 1890 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print

Item 15523

Cumston Hall Auditorium Stage and Curtain, Monmouth, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Monmouth Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Monmouth Media: Glass Negative

Item 17269

Miniature theater, ca. 1955

Contributed by: Nordica Memorial Association Date: circa 1955 Location: Farmington Media: Wood, plaster, cloth

Online Exhibits

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Cumston Hall Auditorium Seating, Monmouth, ca. 1900

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… they billed Blauvelt as, “America’s favorite Concert Prima Donna Soprano.” Opera gloves were a standard accessory for eveningwear and attending the…"

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Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… it coincided with other big changes in the rock concert world: national concert promoters, electronic ticket sales, and even the music was changing."

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The Kotzschmar Memorial Organ

A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.

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Odd Fellows Hall after repairs, Swan's Island, ca. 1985

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… in the hall on Sundays, the theater group 'The Hockamock Players' and the annual Sweet Chariot Festival uses the stage for their summer concerts."

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Somes Sound, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1900

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… century and the Building of the Arts Era when concerts, festivals, dance and theatre were abundant."

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Opera Company's Tenth Anniversary festival schedule, Surry, 1994

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"However, a peek inside Walter Nowick’s “concert barn” on a Sunday evening in August during the 1990s would have revealed Mainers, Russians, and…"