Maine Memory Network

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block Text by Alex Anderson, Justin Collander, Dylan Crowell, Matt Nelson, and Lauren Quimby 7th grade students at…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Church Block

"Church Block Text by Colbie Holloway, Shelby Martel, Samantha Sprauge, and Caitlyn Ware 7th grade students at Bath Middle School With images from…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - 94 Front Street

"94 Front Street By Kyle Hietala The Building Front Street, in Bath, Maine has been one of the most densely packed business areas throughout the…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Welcome

"Welcome What do you get when you combine Bath history, curiosity, and technology with 60 seventh graders and their teachers from Bath Middle School…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Davenport Memorial and City Hall

"Davenport Memorial and City Hall Text by Rebecca Black, Christie Duffy, Courtney McKinney, and Brook Mitchell 7th grade students at Bath Middle…"

Nordica Memorial Association

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Historic Clothing Collection - Early Twentieth Century

"… figured silk double gigot sleeved dinner or opera dress, and her openwork cream silk and chiffon opera coat are certainly Maine dressmaker made."

Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1870 to 1900

"Opera coat, Berlin, ca. 1895Maine Historical Society A dramatic dark green, princess style (shaped without a waist seam) full length quilted lined…"

Surry by the Bay - Late Twentieth Century

"… Zen Buddhists, some of whom founded the Surry Opera Company. Throughout this expansion, Surry remained relatively undeveloped and managed to…"

Music in Maine - Music in Maine

"… work chants and sailor shanties differ from operas sung by 19th century Maine divas. Yet they are all uniquely Maine sounds."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Nordica 1857-1914: Internationally famous opera singer John Frank Stevens 1853-1943: UMF graduate who was chief engineer of the Panama Canal…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VII. Flow and ebb: the effects of industrial peak & global upheaval (1900-1955) - Page 1 of 3

"… the entertainments available to them at the City Opera House and other halls and venues downtown. Concerts, minstrel and vaudeville shows…"

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"Notable examples of his work include the Camden Opera House (1893), the Atkinson Block in Lewiston (1892), the Syndicate Block in Rockland (1892)…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield - Page 4 of 5

"The Tuscan Opera House was built in 1891. This building offered the town a venue for summer plays, silent movies, dances, town meetings, school…"

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… showcasing their talents and performing in operas, vaudeville, and so-called “Wild West” shows."

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"He sang the tenor lead in several Lewiston operas and was an early recording artist for Victor Records."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… has carried on, performing a Gilbert and Sullivan opera every year since (except 1929) and giving the proceeds to New York Charities."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… one of Blue Hill's founders, was director of an opera company in Boston. They were soon joined by other prominent musicians including renowned…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… perhaps foreshadowing the renowned Surry Opera Company established in the 1970s. By 1930 Surry's population had dropped to 488, likely impacted by…"

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… for over thirty years appearing in town halls and opera houses performing music, dance, and comedy in their act."

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"… of Yiddish, Israeli, Chassidic, Broadway, opera and pop music as of 2024. Alan B. Jacobs ran Tikva Records, a label specializing in Jewish American…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… a connection into the music world through opera, where Wilhelmina was being trained in voice."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… comedians, musical comedies, acrobats, comic opera, trick dogs, aerialists, wizards of the tight wire, soft shoe dancers, burlesque magicians and…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Of The Arts Era

"… stage of the Building of the Arts: for example, opera singer Emma Eames and her husband Emilio de Gogorza; the renowned violinist Fritz Kreisler…"