Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"Van Dorn was a performer at the Dreamland. He held a chemistry show which was an original show. The performance was really popular and it often sold…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"Many famous artists and musicians performed on the stage of the lavish building. As the Depression left its mark on the summer residents the Building…"

Lincoln, Maine - Ballard Hill School, Lincoln, ca. 1930

"Wright. The morning exercises were performed by Mr. Wright. He then read a few passages from the Bible."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"Loring was a performer, producer, and promoter of “Indian entertainments,” and his name appeared in dozens of newspapers across New England…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"It is still in business today. They perform well in retail meat, federal and custom slaughtering and processing, and in house smoking."

Friends of Wood Island Light

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Washburn-Norlands Living History Center

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Lewiston Public Library

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Historic Clothing Collection - Northern Threads: Two centuries of dress at Maine Historical Society - Page 2 of 3

"… associated with clothing worn during theatrical performances, masquerade balls, or during Halloween."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"They were kept busy learning lines, building sets, sewing costumes and creating lighting. Many actors gained the performance experience they needed…"

Historic Hallowell - Values and Charity

"… Female Benevolent Society, an organization that performed charitable work for more than 100 years, to benefit women who had no means of support."

Historic Hallowell - Industry at the Mouth of the Vaughan Stream

"A steam engine worked as a heat engine that performed mechanical work using steam as the working fluid."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - About the Team

"… trick given the incredibly tight schedules and performance objectives required of our public school teachers these days."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Maine's Pauper Laws and the Cumberland Overseers of the Poor

"… males were to be instructed to read, write and perform basic arithmetic, while the females were to be taught to read and write."

Surry by the Bay - Sawmills of Cunningham Ridge

"Due to the sub-par performance of the engine, they upgraded the mill to run on a Chrysler Industrial engine."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Village School

"… chose to go to Ellsworth High School, where they performed very well. This was especially true in the early 1940s as evidenced by the following…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Scrap & Sketch Book 2: 1864-1866

"… soldiers, Irish, Andrew Johnson, Annie Martin's performance, loss of manners   Part 7, pages 114-134 Soldiers, Fort Point excursion, women's…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Kennebec Proprietors Biographies

"Samuel Goodwin: 1716-1802 Samuel Goodwin performed a leading role in frontier development from the start."

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"The Inn offered the public performances of a small orchestra on Saturday evenings. The performances caused an intermingling of town residents and the…"

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

"Other famous performers have been Bill Haley and the Comets, Ameltia Galli Curci was, a very famous soprano, and Percy Grainger, a very famous…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"… came occasionally to hold services and to perform marriages, baptisms and funerals. But the first religious organization on the island was not…"

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

"… 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."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… sorts of entertainment occurred such orchestra performances from Bath's own musical group. The Columbian Theatre business rented the building and…"