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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…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 11 of 13

"… new, truck bodies were still in the transition stage from box over the rear wheels to a flat body."

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Odd Fellows Hall

"The second floor has a stage, a large open floor, and a concession area that still holds a metal trough for icing drinks."

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Perry Opera House

"… Perry Theatre, and had a sixty foot semicircular stage. In 1930, the building was purchased by Northern National Bank, and named the State Theater."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"It was destroyed by fire in 1911 and was never rebuilt. During the days of the Knox and Lincoln stage route, this hotel was a popular business."

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - The Watts Block

"… immediately rebuilt, and one of the three commercial spaces continues to serve as a Town Hall. A hall with a theater stage is on the second floor."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Bob Marley

"… having a stand-up performance on a national stage. Marley had been living the life he worked hard for."

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Music in Maine - Music Education

"The original stage, benches, and chairs are in use by the New England Music Camp as of 2024. Walter Damrosch Walter Damrosch conducting at…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - A Short History Of Performing Arts On Mount Desert Island

"… popular composers, musicians, vocalists, dancers, stage actors and film stars of the era. In this exhibit we highlight some major focal points in…"

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13

"The painting shows 1940's potato harvesting stages, including digging, picking, and loading onto a truck."

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 1 of 4

"Space for fish stages and wood to build them were needed and were plentiful along the Maine coast. Territory for fish stages was allotted on a…"

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

"These performances utilized the stage of the Odd Fellows Hall under the direction of Gene Jellison. Children acting in "Tom Thumb's Wedding,"…"

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Bar Harbor: Building of Arts

"… famous artists and musicians performed on the stage of the lavish building. As the Depression left its mark on the summer residents the Building of…"

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Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Redmen's Hall

"There was a stage with an organ on the western end of the building, farthest from the road. A Dr. Dennison used to give shots on the second floor."

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Intro: pages 139-194

"… who operated a tavern and bar that served the stage coach business, gardening for Hinkley, the temperance movement and his desire to stop selling…"

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Historic Clothing Collection - 1970-1980 - Page 1 of 3

"… section,1970-1980, which is still at an early stage of development. In due course items from this period will start to become available."

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Entertainment- Alameda and Opera House

"Her stay occurred shortly after a stage was built inside. The Opera House also had magnificent vaudeville."

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Dixfield's Tuscan Opera House

"Tuscan Opera House Stage, Right Backboard, Dixfield, ca. 1955Dixfield Historical Society The Opera House was once again hit by fire in 1938."

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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park

"… - Everything Doing Here” Riverside Park stage, Hampden, ca. 1910Hampden Historical Society Although not a trace of it remains today, for…"

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Music in Maine - Radio Cowboys and Country Music

"Married in 1940, Rita used the anglicized stage name Betty Cody. They performed and recorded music on RCA records with a band called the Lone Pine…"

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 1 of 2

"… by Ronald Pesha, Lubec Historical Society Lubec staged a grand celebration in 1911 observing the Town’s Centennial on July 3rd and 4th."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Beyond Borders: an historical overview - Page 6 of 6

"… and the United States’ legitimacy on the world stage. It was a new version of a defining problem in the history of early Maine: conflicts sown by…"

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Overview & Introduction

"… and two semi-comical stereotypes usually take the stage. There's the zealous temperance crusader—a god-fearing, saloon bashing woman with an ax in…"

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Skowhegan Community History - Benedict Arnold's March

"He saved the revolution at its early stages, but became infamous as a traitor when he joined the British because he didn't get promoted for the…"