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Item 29242

Youth radio panel, 1953

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1953 Location: Maine Media: Photographic print

Item 112069

WMPG 90.9 and 104.1 t-shirt, Portland, ca. 2004

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 2004 Location: Portland Media: Cotton, ink
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Item 25972

Margaret Chase Smith Reads "The Three Bears," Washington, D.C., 1940

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1940 Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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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

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Programs included a radio show on Portland’s WGAN between 1939 to 1957, and a weekly television show on WGAN-TV from 1954 to 1971."

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W. E. Chandler's Band, Kennebunkport, 1910

Strike Up the Band

Before the era of recorded music and radio, nearly every community had a band that played at parades and other civic events. Fire departments had bands, military units had bands, theaters had bands. Band music was everywhere.

Site Pages

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First car to cross Penobscot Bay on ice, 1917

Belfast Historical Society

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Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Explore photos from the "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold" documentary

"… old postcards, and a presentation of the radio program. Malaga Island Archaeology Fish hook excavated on Malaga Island By Kate Philbrick, 2009 X…"

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Malaga Island residents with missionary, 1909

Malaga Island: a story best left untold - Resources, Links, and Bibliography for Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold

"… materials integral to the production of the radio broadcast and gallery show. Acheson, James M., The Lobster Gangs of Maine, 1988, University Press…"