Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"… The photograph was taken in December in the early 1950s with both the Presque Isle Police and Fire stations decorated."

Lincoln, Maine - Evelyn Jenkins, Lincoln Memorial Library, ca. 1954

"… entertaining a group of schoolchildren from Enfield in the 1950s. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 1 of 4

"… some degree, and is most recognizable in the mid 1950s teenage girl's, almost ubiquitous, full skirts and dresses worn with bobby socks and penny…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 3 of 3

"… MHS collection may be late 1940s possibly early 1950s interpretations of the new "pencil" skirt suit."

Presque Isle: The Star City - State Street Theater

"Less people came to the theater. In the mid 1950s, the owner decided to close the theater. The building was sold to the New England Telephone and…"

Surry Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 2 of 4

"The 1950s were not only the years of the "New Look," and rebellion, they were the years when new fabrics made of new synthetic fibers began to appear."

Historic Clothing Collection - 1950-1960 - Page 4 of 4

"… couture designs was an old practice, in the 1950s some U.S. manufacturers contracted and made arrangements with French designers, including Dior…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1960-1970 - Page 1 of 3

"… the youth culture that had its beginning in the 1950s and manifested itself in the 1960s as a period of divisiveness, the generation gap, social…"

Guilford, Maine - SPORTS - Page 2 of 3

"In the 1950s though the 1990s there were good teams, but they only won three championships. Now we have okay teams, but they have not won any…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Sports

"1978Swan's Island Historical Society Much as the 1950s were all about the Brooklyn Dodger's "boys of summer" the late 1970s and early 1980s on…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Telephone communication

"… picture is of Lillian "Lil” Smith taken in the 1950s. Lil and her husband were the telephone operators during that time."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… & Museum Fire Trucks From 1931 to the mid-1950s, Scarborough was home to D.E. McCann and Sons, a company that built fire trucks."

Music in Maine - HEAR

"With the 1950s came the introduction of television, further expanding the ways people experienced music."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Caring For Our Families and Friends

"… Sanitation for many years starting in the early 1950s. Irene KentSwan's Island Historical Society In the 1980s Ruth Torrey became an EMT and…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1940-1950 - Page 2 of 3

"… may date from the late 1940s or into the early 1950s. From the collar and lapel neckline, there is a front closure with four sets of three buttons…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… air show site, but it shut down completely in the 1950s. The site is now home to the Scarborough Industrial Park."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"In the 1950s and 1960s, Mercy developed affiliations with Seton Psychiatric Institute in Baltimore, and Children’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., for…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… Harbor Library Later on in the early 1950s, Richard would build a ranch-style home next to this garage at 8 Asticou Way informally named "The Red…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"… Bakery and Koritsky's Clothing Store in the 1950s. To the left is Elm Street businesses. Notice the Methodist Church in the background."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Depression, War, and Fire

"In the 1950s, middle class families got in their cars and drove to “Vacationland.” The Development of an island-wide identity"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"Even as late as the 1950s farmers hauled potatoes to starch factories. Former potato farmer Larry Park talks about starch factories in Presque Isle."

Walker Memorial Library

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Porter Lake

"… beach, however, was not available until the mid-1950s. Property was purchased by Johnson-Cox Post 78, American Legion; members and volunteers…"