Keywords: 1960s
Item 16899
Dave Glovsky, Edmund Muskie, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1960s
Contributed by: An individual through Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 105473
Dior inspired prom dress, ca. 1960
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1960 Location: Portland Media: cotton, metal
Exhibit
By the second half of the 20th century, skiing began to enjoy unprecedented popularity. Pleasant Mountain in Bridgton (later Shawnee Peak) was Maine's foremost place to join the fun in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation
Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.
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Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3
1960-1970 The 1960s tend to be recalled as the age of the mini skirt, which it was. It was also the era of the "baby boom" generation, and the…
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Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church, Lincoln, ca. 1925
The clock was electrified in the 1960s. The presence of the Lincoln Theatre (at right), built in 1923 to replace the Odd Fellows Hall after it…
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The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall
Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.
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Growing up in Lewiston
by Kathy Becvar
Growing up in Lewiston in the 1960s and 1970s.
