Mainers have always enjoyed socializing at home. Before today’s technology, neighbors, friends, and family members played cards and games. They often gathered to make music or pushed the furniture against the walls for a kitchen dance. In the 1930s and 1940s, radio stations throughout the state broadcast local country and western programs, encouraging Mainers to gather around their radios and listen. In the 1950s, many former radio talents performed on local television stations.

This 1960s living room has not only a television, but also a projector playing home videos.