Keywords: Portland Theater
Item 12894
State Theater, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 12905
Lounge, State Theater, Portland, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 38558
414-424 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of Michael Lunch Ellen J. O'Neil et als Trustees Use: Seven stores & Theater
Item 63334
205-207 Middle Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Joseph S. Bernstein Use: Print Shop & Store
Exhibit
A City Awakes: Arts and Artisans of Early 19th Century Portland
Portland's growth from 1786 to 1860 spawned a unique social and cultural environment and fostered artistic opportunity and creative expression in a broad range of the arts, which flowered with the increasing wealth and opportunity in the city.
Exhibit
A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.
Site Page
Architecture & Landscape database - Study for the LDM Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, ca. 1911
"… Description Architecture commission for Portland Museum of Art at an unknown address in Portland, ME, circa 1911."
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Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century
"… went to work in shipyards in Bath and South Portland and to other states. With a population of approximately 500, Surry contributed forty people…"
Story
Movie Theaters in Portland Maine in the 1940s
by Ralph Bolduc
Ralph Bolduc shared his memories growing up in the movie theaters of Portland Maine in the 1940s.
Story
Portland in the 1940s
by Carol Norton Hall
As a young woman in Portland during WWII, the presence of servicemen was life changing.
