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Historical Items

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Item 26504

Roller skating rink, Saco, ca. 1912

Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: circa 1912 Location: Saco Media: Postcard

Item 16925

Rainbow Roller Rink, Trenton, ca. 1948

Contributed by: Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: circa 1948 Location: Trenton Media: Postcard

Item 98648

Bowling alley and roller skating rink, Dixfield, ca. 1950

Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1950 Location: Dixfield; Mexico Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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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We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Washington County Through Eastern's Eye

Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Plays, musicals, dances, movies and roller skating were held at Town Hall. In the 1920s, the old Union Hall was renovated and renamed Community Hall."