Maine Memory Network

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"The theater had a pitched roof, beamed ceiling, and square platform stage. For the elite set, there were reserved chairs in the front rows covered by…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Eureka Hall, Stockholm

"… just a holding cell, bowling alley, a movie theater, and a ice cream parlor. And even a not so nice piece of our past--the KKK meetings were held…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"Dude Cowboy advertising at City Theater, Biddeford, 1926McArthur Public Library Besides modern conveniences and entertainments, the city was…"

Franco-American Collection

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Buckfield

"Even the Oddfellow Theater has closed after a 14 year run. It is clear that there are not as many industries as there once was; in fact there are…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… hall provided entertainment, as did traveling theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater, showing silent films accompanied by a local…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… was a kitchen and dining room in the basement, theater and dance hall on the ground floor, balcony and dressing rooms on the second floor, and the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"The building at various times housed a movie theater-hall-basketball court, bowling alley, pool hall, barber shop, variety store, town jail, and town…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"Wallace’s Garage, the Pastime Theater, the Hillcrest Market and Mrs. Flye’s Sandwich Shop were all lost."

Northeast Historic Film

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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… 4 -- Visit the Centennial Exhibit 1916 • Eagle Theater opens – movies, vaudeville, summer stock, Houdini! 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The theater itself was an open air pitched roof design with a square open stage. Acts from Boston and New York were presented and included magicians…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Hardware Store, The Community Movie Theater, the “Five & Dime” Variety Store, Haley’s Construction Company and Blake’s Insurance Agency."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… pool rooms, boxing matches, horse racing, a movie theater. In 1924 the Oakdale Country Club Golf Course was built and is still challenging and…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"they used it for many things. It was a movie theater, basketball court, jail, town office, general store, pool hall, barber shop, and a bowling alley."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Rustication

"… by the Bar Harbor Club pool, and traveling theater companies were visiting the village. Bar Harbor had its own horse track and a golf course where…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… was a room on each side of the corridor with theater-style seating. The second story of the building was one large room, and was actually completed…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"They would have a movie theater and a town swimming pool and all that good stuff for the kids to go to and play with."

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

"… intended for gambling but rather as a venue for theater, sporting events, dances, concerts, town meetings, graduations, and other community…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Brief History

"… years, the community has had notable bands, movie theaters, and venues for live performances. In the 1800s, however, it was better known for its…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services to those earning…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… over the state, region, country and world; movie theaters remain an important part of the entertainment sector; congregations support a variety of…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Over the course of a few short years, numerous theaters were built and cultural organizations to advance the arts such as the Bangor Symphony…"