Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"In this exhibit we highlight some major focal points in Performing Arts History on the Island with examples from Early Performances on MDI during the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Movies Come To The Island

"Unlike the naked pine-and-paint stage set look of the Star, the Criterion boasted a luxurious art deco design, rich with velvet drapery, silk panels…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"Off stage, he was a hunter, guide, medicine man, and tribal leader. Clever in the marketplace, he boosted sales of Wabanaki relics and crafts by…"

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

"Many important artists performed on the stage of the Building of the Arts: for example, opera singer Emma Eames and her husband Emilio de Gogorza…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… famous artists and musicians performed on the stage of the lavish building. As the Depression left its mark on the summer residents the Building of…"

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

"Small. POSTOFFICES First Island PostmistressSwan's Island Historical Society For some fifty years after the settlement of this town there was…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"Opera, Orchestras and Stages Click to learn more about Maine's Opera Houses Many Maine towns in the 19th and early 20th centuries had an…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"… Society Eighth grade graduation, Swan's Island, 1954Swan's Island Historical Society The first floor of the building contains an old ticket…"

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

"1950Swan's Island Historical Society Islanders aren't sure when or why the "Tom Thumb" plays began."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"1920Swan's Island Historical Society The Improved Order of Red Men was a national fraternal organization that became popular on Swan's Island in the…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… and the United States’ legitimacy on the world stage. It was a new version of a defining problem in the history of early Maine: conflicts sown by…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Stratton and his companions traded with Indians and the fishing fleets that visited the Maine coast. In the Cammock Patent of 1631, the islands were…"

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… Clouthier department store, and played vaudeville stages in New York. Franco Bands Alphonse Cote, Lewiston, 1918Franco-American Collection…"

Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"He saved the revolution at its early stages, but became infamous as a traitor when he joined the British because he didn't get promoted for the…"

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"When shows called for young folks they drew from Surry and surrounding towns, bringing them in to fill the roles and giving them a taste of the stage."

Lubec, Maine - Timeline

"… Point (Lubec) • John Allan settles on Treat’s Island (Allan’s Island) 1790 • John Cooper, acting as agent for North Lubec (Seward’s Neck) settlers…"

Western Maine Foothills Region - Mexico - Page 2 of 3

"With the construction of the Oxford Paper Company in the planning stages, he could see that there would be a shortage of housing."

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Floods

"The flood was caused by ice jams at Swan Island and Browns Island but with the warming temperatures in the late winter, early spring, the winter ice…"

Mercy Hospital - Sisters of Mercy

"That is a stage on the path to canonization for sainthood, eagerly awaited by her Sisters and all who love Mercy."

Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair

"… with amazing musical talents play on the sound stages. There are many frustrating games that are fun and for a minimal price you can keep playing…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"After the war he settled on Allan’s Island (Treat’s Island) where he operated a trading post. Louis Delesdernier was eventually appointed the first…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Early Settlers

"… were born here, but Amada would be known as a “Stage Mom”, believing in the talents of her daughter Wilhelmina."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"With addition of a stage, the building also served as a theatre, eventually giving way to the Bath Opera House in 1913."