Keywords: theatre
Item 27906
Columbia Theatre program, Bath, 1937
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1937 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 27855
Inaugural Program, Uptown Theatre, Bath, 1938
Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1938-08-08 Location: Bath; Bath; Bath; Bath Media: Ink on paper
Item 88135
Trefethen and Gem Theatre property, Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Walter S. Trefethen and Gem Theatre Use: Theatre and Store
Item 70564
Assessor's Record, 22-34 Preble Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Preble Corporation Use: Theatre
Item 150210
Hussey Theatre, Mars Hill, 1945
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Mars Hill Client: Hussey Theatre Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Item 150105
Madawaska Theatre, Madawaska, 1948-1949
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1949 Location: Madawaska; Madawaska Clients: State Theatre Company Inc.; Bernstein & Lieberman Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Exhibit
Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block
"… Uptown Theatre, BathPatten Free Library Another theatre that was part of the Columbian Block was the Uptown Theatre."
Site Page
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life
"In summers the Pastime also hosted plays, offering vaudeville between acts. The Park Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville…"
Story
Memories of working at the Criterion Theatre
by Vernon L. Cox
Working as a teenager with projectionest Roy Blake at the Criterion Theater
