Maine Memory Network

John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 74-138

"… land for orchard, wheat Hampden House Bar Bowling alleys Jes Crosman Sands Circus & Caravan Carlton Dancing School Hampden Rifle Co."

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

"… cell that was really just a holding cell, bowling alley, a movie theater, and a ice cream parlor. And even a not so nice piece of our past--the KKK…"

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

"… a movie theater-hall-basketball court, bowling alley, pool hall, barber shop, variety store, town jail, and town office."

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

"… the space was reinvented as a nightclub, bowling alley, and a retail furniture store. In the end, the building was demolished but the memory of the…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Expansion

"The wide range of amusements included a bowling alley, a dance hall, a merry-go-round, swings, a shooting gallery, a baseball throw, exhibit booths…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… Legion Hall was built and operated a bowling alley and pool tables. River Street Flood, Guilford, 1923Guilford Historical Society The '20’s…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 2 of 2

"Holbrook's Pool Hall and Bowling Alley. In recent years it was and still is today operating as the American Legion Hall."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Rumford - Page 3 of 4

"… and movies, and initially featured a bowling alley in its basement. It is now known as “The Greater Rumford Community Center” and continues to be a…"

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

"… store, pool hall, barber shop, and a bowling alley. Later, the top floor of Eureka was taken off and one of the ends was used to live in."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 1 of 3

"… Gilpatrick owned a recreation hall with a bowling alley, pool tables and a snack bar. The first dry cleaner in town was owned by Mr. Zeltin."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… were also exhibit booths, as well as a bowling alley, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, wooden swings, dancing pavilion, open-air stage casino, picnic…"

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… improvisational instrumental tunes such as Alley-Pre-A-Toric, I Tried to Stop but Erupted, and Land of Cotton."

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… Street boasting a dining room, poolroom, bowling alley, and a fireplace. Each member carried his own key, but had to know the secret password…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"… department stores, a movie theater, bowling alley, shoe stores and other retailers providing goods and services to those earning incomes from the…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"In 1886, William Henry Alley, an amateur photographer, took this picture of two canneries at the beginning of Commercial Street in Lubec."