Maine Memory Network

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"Music Makers Music Makers instruments Click to see more Music Makers Music makers in Maine make instruments, create music in their…"

Music in Maine - Music and Television

"Music and Television The Dave Astor Show Click to see more Dave Astor Show photos Dave Astor (1919-2011) produced a variety show in Portland…"

Music in Maine - Sacred Music

"Sacred Music People play and sing sacred music during religious services and events. Singing allows worshipers to participate in the liturgy, with…"

Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Radio Cowboys and Country Music Tony and Juanita, ca. 1940Maine Historical Society Country and bluegrass music emerged in the American South…"

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…"

Music in Maine - PLAY

"PLAY Watching musicians sing and play music in public is an important communal experience for the performer and the audience."

Music in Maine - Music stores

"Music stores Mary Curran Leighton and musicians, Portland, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society Hiram Chase & Son, Belfast, ca. 1895, ca."

Music in Maine - Community and School Marching Bands

"Community and School Marching Bands Click to explore community bands in Maine Community bands, historically comprised of male musicians…"

Music in Maine - B-flat fife, ca. 1860

"B-flat fife, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description This fife was used by John Robbins when he was a drummer in the…"

Music in Maine - Drumsticks, 1861

"Drumsticks, 1861 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Franklin C. Kimball (1844-1912) used these drumsticks while serving…"

Music in Maine - Drum, Portland, ca. 1854

"Drum, Portland, ca. 1854 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Noble and Cooley of East Granville, Massachusetts started…"

Music in Maine - Civil War drum, ca. 1861

"Civil War drum, ca. 1861 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Henry Green (1832-1901) of Portland carried this military…"

Music in Maine - Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840

"Drum, Stockton Springs, ca. 1840 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Colonel Freeman McGilvery (1823-1864) of Stockton…"

Music in Maine - Kimball Drum, ca. 1860

"Kimball Drum, ca. 1860 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Written on the top of the head of this drum is, "Frank C."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pastimes

"Pastimes As for pastimes... camping, fishing, music, theater, art, snow sports. These are the activities that bring people together, encompass the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"… Historical and Art Museum Description Camp on the "Mill Site" on a fishing trip. Participants went to St. Croix Lake then down the St."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …then came the settlers…

"… son John recalled that during his boyhood Indians camping nearby taught him how to make snowshoes, woodsplint baskets, and a scoop net for fishing."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 2 of 2

"… a form of photography "popular with soldiers and camp photographers alike," according to Robert Wilson’s biography of Matthew Brady."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 1 of 2

"With his father, Harvard President Charles William Eliot, in Europe, young Charles had use of the family yacht (the Sunshine) and camping gear."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor and the Civil War

"Bangor Soldiers and Prisoner of War Camps Bangor residents in other Maine Company's like Pvt. Alden Ellis, Lieutenant George Anson and George Varney…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Champlain Society - Page 2 of 2

"The Champlain Society Champlain Society Camp Pemetic, Mount Desert Island, 1881Mount Desert Island Historical Society Significance of the…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Wabanaki Today

"… of camaraderie and community that existed in the camps continues through the annual Native American Festival, now in its 22 year."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Indian Encampment: Behind the Scenes

"… smell of roasted porpoise also wafted through the camp either because someone was roasting a chunk of porpoise for dinner or boiling its fine oil…"