Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"Grant Law Offices in 1953. It is still this way today. Sources: Presque Isle Historical Society. A Self-Guided Walking Tour of Historic Downtown…"

Parsonsfield-Porter Historical Society

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Running the Town

"… HolmesSwan's Island Historical Society The 1952-1953 town report lists nine members comprising the school consolidation planning committee."

Bridgton Historical Society

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

"… movies, "The Wild One" with Marlon Brando (1953), and "Rebel Without a Cause" with James Dean (1955)."

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"… Drugstore (1883-1933) Burnham’s Auto Supply (1933-1953) Fullerton’s Radio (1953-1955) Belanger’s Variety (1955-1972) The Hobby Shoppe (1972-2006)…"

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

"Portland, ME: Longfellow Press, 1953. Karr, Paul and Jeff Clark. "Oasis of Wilderness." Down East Magazine, September, 1995. Leamon, James S."

Bangor Historical Society

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Islesboro Historical Society

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Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… Society Surry Playhouse 1929-1938/1946-1953 Text by Kate Mrozicki Images contributed by the Surry Historical Society On July 5th, 1929, the Surry…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… History House Mary Elise Fellows White (1873-1953) noted in her autobiography that her family was musical, saying that her father, “played the…"

Guilford, Maine - MANUFACTURING - Page 1 of 2

"In 1953, the mill closed down and Prides bought it a few years later. Drapers Mill, Guilford, late 1940sGuilford Historical Society In 1958…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Our Shared History - Page 4 of 4

"The town took control of Greely Institute in 1953 for the establishment of a free high school, and upon the formation of Maine School Administrative…"

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

"During the mid-20th century from about 1941-1953, the Old Ell became a permanent home for Mame as well summer living quarters for her brother Richard…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - Bridges of West New Portland

"… by the Maine State Highway Commission in 1953. It was a steel stringer bridge. It replaced a boxed timber pony truss."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… Canadian audiences through CBC broadcasts and in 1953 working as regulars on the WWVA Wheeling Jamboree radio show in West Virginia."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 4 of 6

"Rockefeller, Jr. was forged in 1953 when Charles learned of the clearcutting of trees near Hadlock Pond above Asticou and on land bordering Route 198."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 5 of 6

"Lesser known, perhaps, is the aforementioned 1953-54 story of Charles, boarding the overnight train for New York City, to enlist the support of JDR…"

Historic Hallowell - Johnson Brothers and Their Shoe Factory

"… by the Kennebec Shoe Company from 1934 to 1953.  Once they moved out, the abandoned building was torn down in May, 1955, and a skating rink took…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Project Sources

"Clough, Annie. Head of the Bay, 1953 (reprinted 2006). .---(SORL); (SHIP) (JF) Clements, Robert. Parker Point Homes - A Parker Point Scrapbook, 1983."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"But in 1953 Kneisel Hall was re-established by Marianne Kneisel (Franz Kneisel’s daughter), Artur Balsom, Joseph Fuchs and Lillian Fuchs."

Lincoln, Maine - Workman's Hospital

"In 1953, Margaret B. Workman died. The hospital did not shut down, however. It stayed open until 1966, when the hospital was denied Medicare…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… significant floods along the River happened in 1953, 1972, and 1987. No community in Maine escaped the onslaught of the wars of the United States."

Mercy Hospital - School of Nursing - Page 3 of 3

"… Mary Denis Schwartz, his first-grade teacher in 1953, as well as Sister Mary Gemma Connelly who helped him buckle his winter boots that year for…"