Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In 1932 the Criterion Theatre, with more than 700 seats, opened in Bar Harbor. Depression, War, and Fire"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"After the Liberty Theatre closed in 1923, the building then became the Liberty Garage in 1924 because automobiles were becoming more popular and they…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - RESOURCES

"Web. 1 Feb. 2010. (S) Salvas-Coulombe Theatre Collection (1885-1991). (DC.49) McArthur Library Special Collections."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"X Community Theatre Program, Guilford, July 3,1939Guilford Historical Society The Community Theatre was built and financed by Henry and…"

Maine Irish Heritage Center

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - About Us

"… - Julia Clark & Phe Crampton, Abbe Museum Theatre - Jodi Baker & Taylor Thomas-Marsh, College of the Atlantic Abbe Museum X Contributing…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"Guilford Community Theatre, 1939Guilford Historical Society Guilford continued to thrive in the 1940’s."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… in August, 1923 at the rear of the Majestic Theatre. Within 24 hours, 20 business facilities and dwellings burned, and 100 families were made…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… continued with the advent of The Surry Theatre in 1928, which later became The Surry Playhouse, perhaps foreshadowing the renowned Surry Opera…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… of a stage, the building also served as a theatre, eventually giving way to the Bath Opera House in 1913."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… intended to revive the building as a community theatre, but it wasn’t meant to be. In October of that same year, the entire structure was destroyed…"