Maine Memory Network

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Big Thunder

"… came in with a voice of thunder. The rocks played with the water, and it dashed back on them with great mountains of spray.” “We have paddled with…"

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

"Her playing was so popular that she was often asked to perform at private dinner parties. The theater lasted less than 20 years and closed in 1931."

Skowhegan Community History - The Skowhegan Island

"… just a few of the figures that have changed, and played a large importance on the island. The island, through many changes, sometimes hard and bad…"

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - West New Portland Village

"Even though Strickland's Mill is now shut down it played an important part in New Portland's history."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Man Rats Out Brady Gang - Page 1 of 2

"His hobbies included poker, reading, singing, playing tennis, and bridge. He was also physically fit and was a very hard worker."

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… and, in the evening, the Inn’s own orchestra played at dinner and dances. During the early years of the twentieth century, upscale cottages were…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"They played a large role in the Lincoln economy by bringing food, tools,and clothes that were not convenient to put on the railroad to Lincoln."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"I play two sports, do band and chorus, so I am always on the road. My mom is a nursing student, works, and takes care of my littler sister."

Lincoln, Maine - Methodist Church

"… turkey pie suppers, craft fairs, putting on plays, selling hot dogs at the Homecoming parade, and riding on the parade float."

Lincoln, Maine - Jacob Stinchfield

"He also played a part in the Westward expansion of the country. This is probably another reason he moved to Michigan."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 4 of 4

"Somehow, Dr. Haigis also found time to play occasionally with the Don Doane Band, a local jazz band. Just before he passed away, Dr."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"They learned poetry and performed plays. Future school teachers could begin training as school juniors. The pay, by today's standards, was low."

Surry by the Bay - Phebe Fowler: A Woman of Property

"Phebe played the piano and left behind her music books, including the hymnals, in a wooden box later found in her attic."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"… had no auditorium before 1970, graduations, plays, prize speaking, proms and all manner of school productions were held at the Opera House."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future

"… was very involved in the town’s music activities, playing the bass, violin, and horn. The Bartlett family owned a lot of property and a mill in the…"

Pejepscot Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… was a safe place to learn a musical instrument, play a game, make friends with animals such as dogs, cats, and goats, or learn photography…"

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Hampden Academy

"… arranged so that the entire stage can be used for a large group or the drapes can be drawn onto the inner track to provide a setting for plays."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"We played a lot and helped out around the house and had a few chores. Did you feel much pressure? Much of our money was left in the banks."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor: Lumber Capital of the World

"Conclusion Bangor, Maine played a big part in the lumbering industry during the early to mid nineteenth century, and the effect of the lumber on…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… a new assembly hall with a stage for putting on plays and other events. In 1949, the gymnasium wasn’t meeting the demands of the school, so a new…"

Guilford, Maine - Historic Buildings - Page 1 of 2

"The Town Hall was used as a movie theatre, a play house, a school, and as a multiple purpose hall. An addition was added later to the back of the…"

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… and all that good stuff for the kids to go to and play with. A third connection with Aaron Woodbury is, I would have wanted to see Lincoln way back…"