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Alfred Al Brady dead on the street
No full textThis photo shows Al Brady after the gun battle on Center Street in Bangor. Brady was in the car while Dalhover went into Dakin\u27s. The Bangor Police, the FBI, and a couple of Indiana State Troopers were waiting. Brady and Schaffer were killed while Dalhover was captured, and later tried, convicted and sent to the electric chair.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_brady_img/1003/thumbnail.jp
The Bangor Hydro-Electric News: November 1937
Get PDFV.6, no.11 of the company newsletter of the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company.
Focuses on the car operators for the Bangor Street Railway.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1241/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Public Library Annual Report 1937
Get PDFhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bpl_ann_rep/1000/thumbnail.jp
Letter from J. Edgar Hoover
No full textThis is the letter that the F B I sent to Everett Shep Hurd, confirming the payment of the $1500.00 reward, for the arrest of the Brady Gang. The letter is signed by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_brady_img/1009/thumbnail.jp
Alfred Al Brady laid to rest
No full textAlfred Al Brady being laid to rest in an unmarked grave at Mount Hope Cemetery in Bangor. No one claimed the body, so Brady was buried in the city plot at Mount Hope Cemetery. A marker was finally erected in 2012.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_brady_img/1013/thumbnail.jp
The Maine Sketchbook: Drawings and Descriptions of Vacationland\u27s Most Interesting Spots
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Nature\u27s bounties have been so richly bestowed upon the State of Maine as to make the depiction, or even the description, of all of its myriad beauties an impossibility. No one volume, however large, however replete with words and pictures, could possibly suffice to accurately portray even a part of its scenic whole. Nor can any man-made medium of portrayal, whether pen, pencil, or artist\u27s brush, hope to capture the matchless beauty of Maine\u27s seashore, hills, fields, lakes and streams.
The author has herein done his humble best to depict in word and picture a few, a very few, of Maine\u27s interesting places. If the contents of this volume may serve to give the visitor an incentive to explore Maine\u27s captivating Eden; if it may revive, in the native, a memory of places seen, and enchanting hours spent, then the author has no apology -- save one -- to offer. And that apology must he, perforce, to Nature.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1321/thumbnail.jp
The Scene of the Brady shoot out October 12, 1937
No full textThe Scene of the Brady Shoot out, October 12, 1937. The Brady Gang, Al Brady, Clarence Lee Shaffer, and James Dalhover, came to Bangor on October 5, 1937,in flight from Indiana. They bought weapons and ammunition, and attempted to buy an automatic weapon from Dakin\u27s Sporting Goods. The people at Dakin\u27s recognized the gangsters, and alerted law enforcement. The episode culminated on Central street, in front of Dakin\u27s Sporting Goods. Al Brady was killed, Clarence Lee Shaffer was killed, and James Dalhover was apprehended and later sent to the electric chair.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_brady_img/1001/thumbnail.jp
Book Automobiles
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The steady and growing demand for exact specifications and pictures of book automobiles from city and county librarians who are considering this method of book service and who wish to profit by the experience of others, has led to this first effort to compile information on the subject and to present it in convenient form. The information given here is suggestive rather than conclusive. Some of the outstanding examples of several types of book automobiles are presented for those who are planning a book carrier. Special features are pointed out which appear to have merit. Fuller information may often be had from the library that owns the car. Since the selection of the type, size and equipment of a book automobile must be made to suit climate, topography and road conditions of the locality in which it will be used, as well as the purpose, financial status and the personnel of the library, no recommendations except general ones are offered. Desirable characteristics can be chosen from the various cars and satisfactory combinations worked out.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1122/thumbnail.jp
Telegram from Friends in Chicago
No full textThis is a telegram of congratulations to Everett Shep Hurd from two friends in Chicago.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_brady_img/1012/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hydro Electric News: October 1937: Volume 6, No.10: Carbarn Number
Get PDFCovers the history of the carbarn [the garage for the street cars of the Bangor Street Railway] as well as featuring several pictures of the workers responsible for every aspect of the street cars, from the stockkeeper to the iron workers to the blacksmith to the electricians and the carpenters and the mechanics.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1019/thumbnail.jp