Keywords: Circus
Item 35291
Circus Parade, Main Street, Biddeford 1910
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1910 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 8174
Contributed by: University of Maine at Presque Isle Library Date: 1917 Location: Ashland Media: Photographic print
Item 37277
69-77 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Randall & McAllister Use: Shed - Wagon
Item 37278
69-77 Commercial Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Randall & McAllister Use: Carpenter's Shop
Exhibit
Samantha Smith, a Manchester schoolgirl, gained international fame in 1983 by asking Soviet leader Yuri Andropov whether he intended to start a nuclear war and then visiting the Soviet Union to be reassured that no one there wanted war.
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A Riot of Words: Ballads, Posters, Proclamations and Broadsides
Imagine a day 150 years ago. Looking down a side street, you see the buildings are covered with posters and signs.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Circus swing, Boston, 1853
"Of the circus swing, he wrote, "The introduction of swing exercises on a rope as below commenced in this Circus which was as wonderful as any feats…"
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Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln House Hotel
"I ended up going to the circus. It was amazing. I had an exciting time at the hotel with the circus crew here."