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Item 69910

Valerie's restaurant, Ogunquit, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1947 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 69908

Valerie's Restaurant, Ogunquit, ca. 1947

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1947 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard

Item 69929

Interior of Valerie's restaurant, Ogunquit, ca. 1938

Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1947 Location: Ogunquit Media: Linen texture postcard

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Le Théâtre

Lewiston, Maine's second largest city, was long looked upon by many as a mill town with grimy smoke stacks, crowded tenements, low-paying jobs, sleazy clubs and little by way of refinement, except for Bates College. Yet, a noted Québec historian, Robert Rumilly, described it as "the French Athens of New England."

Exhibit

Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… pack 3,000 to 6,000 young people into the venues in Old Orchard Beach, Portland and Lewiston-movie theaters, armories, basketball courts and hockey…"

Exhibit

Mellie Dunham's dance band, Norway, ca. 1925

Remembering Mellie Dunham: Snowshoe Maker and Fiddler

Alanson Mellen "Mellie" Dunham and his wife Emma "Gram" Dunham were well-known musicians throughout Maine and the nation in the early decades of the 20th century. Mellie Dunham also received fame as a snowshoe maker.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Front Street, From Post Office Square, Bath. ca. 1930

Bath's Historic Downtown - Student Exhibits

"… Davenport Memorial and City Hall Entertainment Venues - Dreamland and Liberty Entertainment Venues - The Alameda and The Opera House Ledyard Block…"

Site Page

Dreamland Theater, Front Street, Bath, ca. 1910

Bath's Historic Downtown - Dreamland and Liberty

"… and new technology killed these entertainment venues, once an important part of Bath's life. Front Street postcard, Bath, ca."

Site Page

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… them at the City Opera House and other halls and venues downtown. Concerts, minstrel and vaudeville shows, oratories, chorales and dramatics were…"