Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Years on Mt. Desert Island

"The sea has always played an important part of the survival of MDI. Generations of men and women have worked the sea to support their families."

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…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 5

"… Ice Storm What part did the American Red Cross play in the ice storm of ’98? The storm hit most of New England and parts of Canada, and worried…"

Skowhegan Community History - About the Project

"… violin prodigy from Skowhegan who, in the 1880s, played in Boston at the age of ten and in Vienna when she was 12."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… by Lee Sanford, a former Guilford boy who had played in the President's band for a number of years."

Milbridge Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Seaside Hall

"Movie reels were played on the hall's projector. In later years, it was used as a museum. In the 1970s, the hall housed the 'Coffee Shop," a place…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Tea Room

"Long-time residents remember playing ball in the 'field' behind the house, which is not officially part of the property but had space for two teams."

Early Maine Photography - Art - Page 1 of 2

"Daveis was an attorney who played a significant role in the settlement of the dispute with Great Britain over Maine’s northeast boundary."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"This attitude played out in the now classic movies, "The Wild One" with Marlon Brando (1953), and "Rebel Without a Cause" with James Dean (1955)."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… athletic events such as swimming in the pool or playing basketball in the gym. There were also a variety of rooms for entertainment and…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"MacMillan, a school friend of his. In 1897, he played one of his violins, made from parts of an old schoolhouse that had been on Ross Road, at the…"

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

"… the Vienna Philharmonic for his peculiar style of playing, Kreisler was picked up by the Berlin Philharmonic a few years later, launching him to…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"… Attend a concert at the Building of the Arts? Play golf or tennis at the Kebo Club? Join the Improved Order of Red Men Society? Visit the Wabanaki…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Inns

"… lawns where visitors strolled and competed in playful sporting events with locals, cottagers, and encamped tribesmen."

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"The children didn't get time to play or rest; and they would get sick from the damp, dark and dirty environment they worked in."

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… X Miriam Kelley adds the vital role in survival played by her father in this recorded account. Coincidentally, the calamity occurred on the 125th…"

Guilford, Maine - EXHIBITS

"… EVENTS A community that works hard will often play hard and Guilford has always enjoyed its infrequent respites from labor."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - The Crew

"Part of Meghan's accomplishments are the wonderful audio pieces that you hear in the Islanders at Play and Islanders at Work exhibits."

Mount Desert Island Historical Society

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Early Maine Photography - Human Interest

"Two of the tintypes show the same pair of ladies playing chess. In a third tintype, as a defiant gesture toward Maine’s prohibition laws, two young…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Who were the Kennebec and Pejepscot Proprietors? - Page 1 of 7

"… families in the colony, the companies played an outsized role in eighteenth-century Maine history."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"In the evening they played a card game called whist, read novels, analyzed flowers and prepared animal specimens (e.g., stuffed birds), and took…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… close-knit and rely on each other at work and at play. USRC Louis McLane, built as USS Delaware in 1861Northeast Harbor Library Around 1870…"