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Columbia Theatre program, Bath, 1937

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1937 Location: Bath Media: Ink on paper

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Inaugural Program, Uptown Theatre, Bath, 1938

Contributed by: Patten Free Library Date: 1938-08-08 Location: Bath; Bath; Bath; Bath Media: Ink on paper

Trefethen and Gem Theatre property, Island Avenue, Peaks Island, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Walter S. Trefethen and Gem Theatre Use: Theatre and Store

Assessor's Record, 22-34 Preble Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Preble Corporation Use: Theatre

Hussey Theatre, Mars Hill, 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1945 Location: Mars Hill Client: Hussey Theatre Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Madawaska Theatre, Madawaska, 1948-1949

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1948–1949 Location: Madawaska; Madawaska Clients: State Theatre Company Inc.; Bernstein & Lieberman Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

The Trolley Parks of Maine

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.

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.

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… Uptown Theatre, BathPatten Free Library Another theatre that was part of the Columbian Block was the Uptown Theatre."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In summers the Pastime also hosted plays, offering vaudeville between acts. The Park Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville…"

Memories of working at the Criterion Theatre
by Vernon L. Cox

Working as a teenager with projectionest Roy Blake at the Criterion Theater