Keywords: Lake Grove Park
Item 25045
Entrance to Lake Grove Park, Auburn, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Auburn Media: Postcard
Item 28887
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1913 Location: Auburn Media: Postcard
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
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Skowhegan Community History - Lakewood Theater
"In previous years, it had been a Native American settlement. Later that year, the park became formally known as Lakewood Theater."
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Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3
"It was called the Union Grove Association. The First Baptist Church was first known as the Chapel Association, organized in 1888."
