Keywords: ice rinks
Item 101412
Dedication of the Portland Ice Arena, 1984
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1984 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 103853
Ice skating, Deering Oaks, Portland, ca. 1924
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1924 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Riverside Park and Arboretum
"Years later, the skating rink moved onto land now part of Riverside Park and served by a warming hut that is now the support building."
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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"Designed initially as a roller rink, its large hall lined with galleries served as a site for many different functions."
