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Title: Tuscan Opera House Dance Program, Dixfield, February 4, 1926

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society

Date: 1926

Location: Dixfield

Media: Ink on paper

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Title: Dance Card, Waterville, 1917

Contributed by: Colby College Special Collections

Date: 1917

Location: Waterville

Media: Pencil on paper

Title: A march at Good Will, Fairfield, ca. 1950

Contributed by: L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes

Date: circa 1950

Location: Fairfield

Media: Photographic print

Address: 1192 Forest Avenue, Portland

Owner in 1924: Walter A. Morgan et als

Use: Dance Hall

Address: 915 Ocean Avenue, Portland

Owner in 1924: Danish Park Association

Use: Dance Hall

Address: 48 Riverside Street, Portland

Owner in 1924: Dennis D. DeCormier

Use: Dance Hall

The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary

A look back at island life in Maine as captured by a team consisting of Swan's Island Educational Society representatives, which encompasses the community's library and historical society, a class from the Swan's Island School, and an Island Fellow from the Island Institute. Exhibit topics examine islanders at work and play, Baird's Quarry, old buildings, and the changing role of women on the island.