Keywords: sixties
Item 102969
Bicknell Photo Service promotion on the Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962
Do you know these teenagers?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-17 Location: Portland; South Portland Media: Film transparency
Item 103011
Students on the set of The Dave Astor Show, Portland, 1962
Do you know these teenagers?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962-03-24 Location: Portland; Mechanic Falls Media: Film transparency
Exhibit
George W. Hinckley and Needy Boys and Girls
George W. Hinckley wanted to help needy boys. The farm, school and home he ran for nearly sixty nears near Fairfield stressed home, religion, education, discipline, industry, and recreation.
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan
Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House
It was renamed the Perry Theatre, and had a sixty foot semicircular stage. In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named…
Site Page
Historic Hallowell - Poor Farm
The number over sixty years of age, 9; the oldest is 84; the youngest 18; average age about 63. There have been no deaths, and the general health of…
Story
Maine in Vietnam - Not to be Forgotten
by Karen L. Olson, M.D.
How Veterans' Voices started.
Story
Black Is Beautiful
by Judi Jones
Gut-wrenching fear
