Keywords: parades in the rain
Item 1207
Celebration in Turner, ca. 1880
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1880 Location: Turner Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
<i>Of Note: Maine Sheet Music</i> features captivating covers of original sheet music along with stories about Maine connections to the songs. Before people had easy access to popular music from records, radios, and the internet, they played songs of the day on instruments at home, using sheet music purchased at music stores. Iconic Maine subjects like lobsters, pine trees, and winter were perfect for lyrics sung by luminaries like Rudy Vallée of Westbrook, and intricate artwork of Maine's landscape graced the sheet music covers.
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"The event went well, in spite of the rain that fell that evening: the parade was a success, the President’s speeches—and those of the other…"
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
