Keywords: amuse
Item 70043
Amusement Center, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 52177
Amusement Park wreckage, Old Orchard, 1948
Contributed by: Dyer Library/Saco Museum Date: 1948-10-04 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 38940
Assessor's Record, 565 Congress Street (rear), Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Strand Amusement Co. - Lessee Use: Theatre
Item 38941
Assessor's Record, 567-569 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Strand Amusement Co. - Lessee Use: Mercantile
Item 109691
Plan of Amusement Hall, Boothbay Harbor, 1891
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1891 Location: Boothbay Harbor Client: unknown Architect: George M. Coombs
Item 111873
John S. Hyde residence, Bath, 1913-1956
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1956 Location: Bath Client: John Sedgwick Hyde Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects
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A Handwritten Community Newspaper
The eight issues of South Freeport's handwritten newspaper, distributed in 1859, provided "general interest and amusement" to the coastal community.
Exhibit
Fair Season: Crops, Livestock, and Entertainment
Agricultural fairs, intended to promote new techniques and better farming methods, have been held since the early 19th century. Before long, entertainments were added to the educational focus of the early fairs.
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Riverside Park
"Riverside Park was not unlike other amusement parks and resorts of the period. Landscape and civil engineer Frank Blaisdell drew up the plans for the…"
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Shipyards
"… in Hampden and operated Riverside Park, a rustic amusement park built on the banks high above the Penobscot."
