Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pastimes

"Pastimes As for pastimes... camping, fishing, music, theater, art, snow sports. These are the activities that bring people together, encompass the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Links to Presque Isle Pastimes

"Links to Presque Isle Pastimes Northern Maine Museum of Science X Maine Solar System Model Saturn X The Francis Malcolm Science Center…"

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…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Dance

"… Society Ballroom dancing was also a popular pastime. This picture of ballroom dancers was taken in the 1950's."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"The Pastime Theater opened in 1913, near the corners of Main Street and Summit Road. On Sunday evenings, the Pastime was used by the Sunday Evening…"

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."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… addition to the enjoyment of the national pastime. Guilford Fair - Ballfield & GrandstandGuilford Historical Society First Airmail…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… for those families wealthy enough to enjoy this pastime common to coastal Maine. At this time, three boatyards serve the Islesboro community."

Scarborough Historical Society & Museum

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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