Keywords: theaters
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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…"
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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…"
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"Dude Cowboy advertising at City Theater, Biddeford, 1926McArthur Public Library Besides modern conveniences and entertainments, the city was…"
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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…"
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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…"
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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…"
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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…"
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"Wallace’s Garage, the Pastime Theater, the Hillcrest Market and Mrs. Flye’s Sandwich Shop were all lost."
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Great Cranberry Island Historical Society
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"… 4 -- Visit the Centennial Exhibit 1916 • Eagle Theater opens – movies, vaudeville, summer stock, Houdini! 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project…"
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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…"
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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."
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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…"
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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."
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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…"
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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…"
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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."
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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…"
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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…"
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"… grocers, hotels, department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services to those earning…"
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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…"
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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…"