Keywords: Portland Theatre
Item 40415
Portland Theatre, Portland, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1910 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 12901
Nickel Theatre, Portland, ca. 1890
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1890 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 88135
Trefethen and Gem Theatre property, Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Walter S. Trefethen and Gem Theatre Use: Theatre and Store
Item 52876
108-114 Free Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Roman Catholic Bishop of Portland Use: Theatre
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Memorializing Civil War Veterans: Portland & Westbrook
Three cemeteries -- all of which were in Westbrook during the Civil War -- contain headstones of Civil War soldiers. The inscriptions and embellishments on the stones offer insight into sentiments of the eras when the soldiers died.
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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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Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block
"… Uptown Theatre, BathPatten Free Library Another theatre that was part of the Columbian Block was the Uptown Theatre."