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H.G. Reed Store McMullin Store Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Store Business Businesses, Theater Business	Tremont, Bass Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	H.G. Reed Store McMullin Store Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12900 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Store Business Businesses, Theater Business Place: Tremont, Bass Harbor Description: "H.G. Reed, Inc., Maine's most diversified General Store. Since 1907 under two generations of the same family management. A store keeping pace with modern living in this changing world. Everything from the usual general store items to a Radar for your boat. They service everything they sell."
1932 Criterion Theatre Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Theater Business	Bar Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	1932 Criterion Theatre Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-15211 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Theater Business Place: Bar Harbor Description: The Criterion Theatre is a cinema, performance theatre, and venue located on Cottage Street in Bar Harbor, Maine. It opened in June 1932 featuring vaudeville performances and movies during a time when Bar Harbor's summer scene was at its height. Today it is one of only two Art Deco theaters in the state of Maine and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The 760 seat theatre was built for a convicted bootlegger named George McKay. After his release from federal prison, McKay solicited bids for constructions of a glamorous movie palace. The high bid of $95,206 was beat by Bunker & Savage Architects of Augusta, Maine who built the theatre in just six months for a contract price of $58,000. That's about $900,000 in today's dollars, a surprisingly low figure for such a magnificent structure. A $2 million dollar contribution from an anonymous donor in 2014 made possible the purchase and restoration of the Criterion which now operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to safeguarding this historic space for stories, storytellers, and audiences. Today, almost everything in the building is original or as close as possible to it, including the light fixtures, curtains, seats, and stencils on the ceiling. [show more]
Park Theater, Southwest Harbor Mayo Picture Theater Southwest Harbor Public Library	Reference	Businesses, Theater Business Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater	Southwest Harbor	In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted	Park Theater, Southwest Harbor Mayo Picture Theater Southwest Harbor Public Library Identifier: swhpl-12922 Type: Reference Subject: Businesses, Theater Business Structures, Civic, Performing Arts, Theater Place: Southwest Harbor

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