Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"… respite from the close confines of the Old Ell by playing and sleeping in the loft of the large family barn down the lane on Asticou Way."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"People with amazing musical talents play on the sound stages. There are many frustrating games that are fun and for a minimal price you can keep…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Thespian students could participate in one-act plays, and in the 1950's, the high school added the Future Homemakers of America, National Honor…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"Now “Pomp and Circumstance” is played while students are graduating and receiving their diplomas. This is how graduations have changed."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Later on, teams might play at Music Hall. Both of these facilities were on the second floor of buildings located on Broadway in Farmington."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Many children have spent hours playing in this water. Charles B. Clark came from Industry, ME and settled on the Bog Road (Rt."

Life on a Tidal River - Four Important Women of Bangor

"Even in the history of men, women played an immense role. Each of these ladies contributed to our history in untold ways."

Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun

"… was added to the park allowing baseball to be played. Bass Park was also built with a special entrance with enlarged midways and where automobiles…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… came in with a voice of thunder. The rocks played with the water, and it dashed back on them with great mountains of spray.” “We have paddled with…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Her playing was so popular that she was often asked to perform at private dinner parties. The theater lasted less than 20 years and closed in 1931."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… just a few of the figures that have changed, and played a large importance on the island. The island, through many changes, sometimes hard and bad…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Even though Strickland's Mill is now shut down it played an important part in New Portland's history."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"His hobbies included poker, reading, singing, playing tennis, and bridge. He was also physically fit and was a very hard worker."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… and, in the evening, the Inn’s own orchestra played at dinner and dances. During the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"They played a large role in the Lincoln economy by bringing food, tools,and clothes that were not convenient to put on the railroad to Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"I play two sports, do band and chorus, so I am always on the road. My mom is a nursing student, works, and takes care of my littler sister."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… turkey pie suppers, craft fairs, putting on plays, selling hot dogs at the Homecoming parade, and riding on the parade float."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"He also played a part in the Westward expansion of the country. This is probably another reason he moved to Michigan."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"Somehow, Dr. Haigis also found time to play occasionally with the Don Doane Band, a local jazz band. Just before he passed away, Dr."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"They learned poetry and performed plays. Future school teachers could begin training as school juniors. The pay, by today's standards, was low."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe played the piano and left behind her music books, including the hymnals, in a wooden box later found in her attic."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… had no auditorium before 1970, graduations, plays, prize speaking, proms and all manner of school productions were held at the Opera House."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… was very involved in the town’s music activities, playing the bass, violin, and horn. The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill in the…"