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Item 52001
Title: "Salle de Recreation" at Marie-Joseph Academy, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1950
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: circa 1950
Location: Biddeford
Media: postcard
Item 8897
Title: MGH Donkey Baseball Game, 1950
Contributed by: Maine Medical Center Archives
Date: 1950-06-20
Location: Portland
Media: Black and white photograph
Item 6453
Title: Macomber Playground, Augusta, ca. 1935
Contributed by: Maine State Archives
Date: circa 1935
Location: Augusta
Media: Silver gelatin print
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From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.
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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.
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Baseball often is called the National Pastime. For many people, baseball is encountered in the backyard and down the street, a game played by a few or the full contingent of a team.
