Keywords: dancing
Item 101443
John Martin Dancing Fraternity card, Bangor 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Date: 1868 Location: Bangor Media: Lithograph
Item 21614
Lucy Johnson's Dancing Class, Skowhegan, 1927
Contributed by: Skowhegan History House Date: 1927 Location: Skowhegan Media: Photographic print
Item 69047
915 Ocean Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Danish Park Association Use: Dance Hall
Item 73128
48 Riverside Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Dennis D. DeCormier Use: Dance Hall
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
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.
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing Fraternity, City of Bangor, 1868
The waltz and polka were more intimate dances – couples dancing as partners, the man's hand on the woman's waist, the two facing one another – and…
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John Martin: Expert Observer - Dancing, Bangor, ca. 1865
He wrote under the illustration, "Of all the amusements in the world Dancing properly conducted is the most innocent, civil, cheapest, and…
Story
Saturday Evening Dances at the Westport Town Hall
by Deborah G. Greenleaf
Fond Memories of Westport Island
Story
Dancing through barriers
by Garrett Stewart
My Dad performed on the Dave Astor Show in Portland during the civil rights era.
