Item 12895 - Gem Theater, Peaks Island, ca. 1900

Item 12895 - Gem Theater, Peaks Island, ca. 1900
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Item 12895
Gem Theater, Peaks Island, ca. 1900
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The Gem Theater on Peaks Island was opened in 1884 as a roller-skating rink and became a theater in 1898.

The huge building was one of the first in a long line of Maine summer stock playhouses. It remained in operation until the mid 1920s and was destroyed by a fire in 1934.

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