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Historical Items

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Item 14974

Portland Men's Singing Club, 1954

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1954 Location: Portland; Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 7208

Portland Men's Singing Club, 1926

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1926 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Mystery Corner Item

Item 103047

Mechanic Falls High School student on the set of The Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962

Mystery Corner Item Do you know this teenager?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-24 Location: Portland Media: Film transparency

Online Exhibits

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Songs of Winnebago

An enduring element of summer camps is the songs campers sing around the campfire, at meals, and on many other occasions. Some regale the camp experience and others spur the camp's athletes on to victory.

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Music in Maine - PLAY

"PLAY Watching musicians sing and play music in public is an important communal experience for the performer and the audience."

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Music in Maine - MAKE

"There are many styles of singing, depending upon the regionality of each tribal community. My group, The RezDogs, are an intertribal drum group…"

Site Pages

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Historic Hallowell - The Stevens Training Center Serenaders

"… and participated in many other activities like singing. The Serenaders. a group of seventeen girls, along with the school Superintendent Dr."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Republican Wigwam, Bangor, 1872

"… Grant & Wilson Club and four men marching and singing, is on page 115 of Martin's "Scrap Book no 3," one of five volumes he wrote and illustrated…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Harvest Memories - Page 4 of 5

"The workers would sing songs and play in the barrels. Edwena also had potato fights with her brothers and other kids."

My Maine Stories

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"Mama sings 'get your hands up'": Maria's Diary June 2020
by Maria

Maria, 7 years old, records impressions of staying with her grandparents in Somesville in June 2020.

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Powwow Music
by Chris Sockalexis

Playing powwow music with my group, the RezDogs

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Translating 1890 Passamaquoddy Wax Cylinders
by Dwayne Tomah

Dwayne Tomah (Passamaquoddy) discusses the importance of 1890 recordings