Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"… to play at the US Sesquicentennial (150th), entertained at Strawbridge and Clouthier department store, and played vaudeville stages in New York."

Music in Maine - Longfellow Family Music

"… family created and used manuscript song pages to entertain family and guests, including songs popular in the 1750s and early 1800s like Bonnie…"

Music in Maine - HEAR

"… his invention, along with the radio, changed home entertainment from people playing instruments to people listening to recordings."

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"… MCMHOF to recognize and celebrate musicians and entertainers from Maine who had a major impact on the musical culture of Maine, the nation, and the…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Islanders At Play

"Music, including singing, provided family entertainment and fostered friendships throughout the larger island community."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"Also, the Alameda, a large entertainment center on the south side of Centre Street between Water and Washington Streets was built in 1882."

Architecture & Landscape database - Elmer I. Thomas

"His studies at MIT were followed by travel in England and Europe in 1890 and 1891. Upon returning to Maine in 1891, Elmer Thomas opened his own…"

Music in Maine - MAKE

"… the 19th and 20th centuries, Wabanaki musicians traveled worldwide showcasing their talents and performing in operas, vaudeville, and so-called…"

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Between October 1912 and April 1913, he traveled in Europe, spending much of his time in Italy. Upon returning to Boston, he worked on the new MIT…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Montpelier

"Bullfinch’s travels to Europe in the late 18th century acquainted him with the Scottish architect Robert Adams, who popularized the Adamesque style…"

Music in Maine - Country Music

"… he recorded his last album—some say a masterpiece—Traveling Through just a few months prior to his death at Maine’s Togus VA hospital from stomach…"

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… 1895, Elise Fellows joined a musical trio that traveled across the United States and Canada where she met Canadian mine operator Bruce White, who…"

Music in Maine - Opera, Orchestras and Stages

"… Poolaw, from the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, while traveling across the country performing as “Indians” at wild west shows and on the theater circuit."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Activities for Rusticators

"1910Jesup Memorial Library Cultural Amusements Entertainment options increased with each new summer season as many hotels offered more amenities and…"

John Martin: Expert Observer - Marcellus Emery, Bangor, ca. 1864

"… in 1861, "52 thousand dead bodies will be traveled over before a democrat can be compeled to go and defend the Capital at Washington." There were…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station

"… station is also a welcoming center for tourists traveling the coast on U.S. 1. Opening of Carlton Bridge, Bath, Nov."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Early Performance

"… themselves as native tour guides and Indian entertainers, performing medicine shows and traditional song and dance, selling crafts and posing for…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Changing Times

"… people looked to other towns and cities for entertainment. Before World War II, most of the men in Hampden still worked within the town’s…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… Street has long been the main route for people to travel into the city. When the Carlton Bridge was built, Centre Street became busier, and the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Air travel was often the preferred method of travel for Guy; and his father William flew across the globe, from the tip of South America to Alaska."

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Hanscom, who signed himself as a "traveling artist" on a circa 1860 ambrotype of Adam Winslow and his grandson Adam."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"… moved to Newcastle to pursue a new career as a traveling missionary. His journeys took him to Bangor, where he preached and taught school from 1812…"

Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 3 of 3

"During his third term, he traveled from Portland, then the state capital, to Augusta to speak at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new State…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… own Riverside Park was one of the premier entertainment spots in Eastern Maine. Back then, just ten cents bought lucky area residents a carefree…"