Maine Memory Network

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Architecture

"The building at various times housed a movie theater-hall-basketball court, bowling alley, pool hall, barber shop, variety store, town jail, and town…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The History of Stockholm

"… store called the Veneer Hall which was used for movies and dances and meetings and church services."

Skowhegan Community History - Kennebec River Log Drive

"Our logging history movie by Aaron and Jake The forest was where the log driving began. When it was winter, the year round loggers chopped down…"

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Memorial Library

"It was also fun to go to movies during the Lincoln Homecoming there. The cement staircase out front is fun to do tricks over on a skateboard."

Great Cranberry Island Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"… offered the town a venue for summer plays, silent movies, dances, town meetings, school functions, and the Odd Fellows and Rebekahs meeting hall."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - 1919 to 1934: The Nation Follows Maine Into Prohibition

"… part of the United States as radio, telephones, movies, and the automobile became more commonplace."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Stephen Titcomb and the Settlement of the Sandy River Valley

"… School in Farmington have created this claymation movie depicting Stephen Titcomb’s story. They took 561 pictures in its creation and have been…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"Early silent movies, including popular Buster Brown comedy shorts, and cartoons were shown on weekends."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"It housed dances, social gatherings, and had a movie projector. Odd Fellows' Hall was constructed soon afterward, and its three stories still stand…"

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Centennial Exhibit 1916 • Eagle Theater opens – movies, vaudeville, summer stock, Houdini! 1919 • Passamaquoddy Tidal Project proposed – two dams…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and Social Reform Movements of the 1800s-1900s

"The movie was set in Bangor, 1824. There were several pro-Temperance organizations with chapters in Bangor."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"Our island movie In the winter of 1775, General Benedict Arnold led his revolutionary army up the Kennebec River to Quebec City."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland Community Library

"We not only have books but we also have movies, CDs, and magazines.  Our FOL organizes special events for the people of New Portland to enjoy."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"… gallery, a baseball throw, exhibit booths, movies, and picnic nooks. One of the more unusual attractions was live alligators and snakes displayed…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Columbian Block

"… opportunity for people to attend plays, watch movies, and participate in other activities. One of the less important buildings in the Columbian…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Theaters were often called “Movie Palaces” in the early 20th century when they were new and truly beautiful."

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Weatherbee’s Hardware Store, The Community Movie Theater, the “Five & Dime” Variety Store, Haley’s Construction Company and Blake’s Insurance…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… theater companies, minstrel shows and the movie theater, showing silent films accompanied by a local piano player."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… went on to work on Broadway, in television and in movies. In 1985 she told the Ellsworth American that, "nothing will ever top the Surry Playhouse…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… community to engage in athletics, lectures, and movies, and initially featured a bowling alley in its basement."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 3 of 3

"… pool rooms, boxing matches, horse racing, a movie theater. In 1924 the Oakdale Country Club Golf Course was built and is still challenging and…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - Stockholm, Maine

"they used it for many things. It was a movie theater, basketball court, jail, town office, general store, pool hall, barber shop, and a bowling alley."

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The Town Hall was used as a movie theatre, a play house, a school, and as a multiple purpose hall. An addition was added later to the back of the…"