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Mono Aircraft Company, Presque Isle, 1935

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…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Links to Presque Isle Pastimes

"Links to Presque Isle Pastimes Northern Maine Museum of Science X Maine Solar System Model Saturn X The Francis Malcolm Science Center…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Twentieth-Century Community Life

"In summers the Pastime also hosted plays, offering vaudeville between acts. The Park Theatre opened in Southwest in 1919, and soon, even Somesville…"

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Musicians for dances at Mertic Morrison's restaurant, Swan's Island, ca. 1968

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

"… Society Ballroom dancing was also a popular pastime. This picture of ballroom dancers was taken in the 1950's."

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

"The Pastime Theater opened in 1913, near the corners of Main Street and Summit Road. On Sunday evenings, the Pastime was used by the Sunday Evening…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Influential & Interesting Documents

"… heightened the demand for such entertainments and pastimes. X Log of Privateer Dart , August 31, 1812 Collections of Maine Historical…"

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Red Cross Car and Trailer, Main Street, Northeast Harbor, 1947

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Economic History of Main Street, Northeast Harbor - Page 2 of 3

"Wallace’s Garage, the Pastime Theater, the Hillcrest Market and Mrs. Flye’s Sandwich Shop were all lost."

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Silhouette of Peleg Wadsworth, Portland, ca. 1800

Home: The Wadsworth-Longfellow House and Portland - The Wadsworth Era: 1786-1807

"… cultured and refined young women whose favorite pastimes (when not helping at home) were reading, writing letters, playing the spinet, and drawing."