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Bangor On Its Centennial Turns Back the Pages of Its History: Bangor Daily Commercial Special Issue, February 1934
Get PDFNewspaper clippings from a February 1934 issue of the Bangor Daily Commercial commemorating the first 100 years of Bangor, Maine\u27s history as a city. Features many historical narratives and photographs of Bangor sites and citizens.
Presented as-is. Many pages are yellowed and missing a corner or two. Enlarging the pages is recommended to fully enjoy and learn Bangor\u27s history.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1347/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hydro Electric Company: Transition System Book 3
Get PDFPhotographs of electricity poles taken by the Bangor Hydro Electric Company from July to October 1934. Communities included are Bangor, Bar Harbor, Blue Hill, Bradford, Bradley, Brewer, Brooksville, Bucksport, Charleston, Cherryfield, Chester, Dedham, Dennysville, Eastbrook, East Machias, East Millinocket, Eastport, Eddington, Eden (Otter Cliff), Edmunds, Ellsworth, Enfield, Exeter, Franklin, Garland, Gouldsboro, Greenbush, and Holden. Specific street addresses are not provided; those familiar with the communities, however, are likely to be able to recognize many local landmarks, homes, or businesses. The cover image shows two gentlemen on an upsloping street on Bangor\u27s east side.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_linework/1002/thumbnail.jp
In the Maine Woods: 1933 Edition
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In the Maine Woods is an invitation to all its readers to come to the famous vacation land for which the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad is the gateway. Thanks to the kind co-operation of enthusiasts who have written stories and contributed photographs, this annual publication makes it possible for newcomers to have a forecaste of the attractions awaiting them and for the oldtimers, always proclaiming the vacation delights of this great country of so many diverse allurements, it serves as a reminder of happy days in this territory so abundant in lakes and streams, mountains and forest areas.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1006/thumbnail.jp
Annual Report, Bangor, Maine: 1933
Get PDFDecember 31, 1933 not only marked the end of the second year of the Council-Manager Form of Government in Bangor, under the new charter adopted by the people in September, 1931, but also the end of what has proven to be one of the most difficult in the history of the City.
The year 1933 was a trying year, a year when depression and employment were at their lowest ebb, a year of great bank failures, but yet with all it was a year in which Bangor advanced definitely. It was a year in which this City faced the same problems of falling revenues and decreased business activities that have harassed all municipalities, but all in all, Bangor came through 1933 with an exceptionally good record as compared to most other cities.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_ban_report/1028/thumbnail.jp
Edward M. Graham: February 23, 1913 - February 23, 1933: Special Party Number
Get PDFA brief pamphlet commemorating the 20th anniversary of Edward M. Graham\u27s role as President of the Bangor Hydro-Electric Company. A drawing list all the invitees to a party in Graham\u27s honor. The hire date at Bangor Hydro-Electric Company for each invitee is listed.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/bangorhydro_news/1056/thumbnail.jp
National memorial: a bronze statue of John Carver
Get PDFTruth crushed to earth shall rise again the eternal years of Gd are hers.
Many facts relating to Governor John Carver have come to light since we made an address in the Congress of the General Society of Mayflower Descendants at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1927, when we made the statement, There would have been no Mayflower Pilgrims but for Rev. John Robinson. We now know there would have been no Mayflower Pilgrims but for John Carver, who was the leader of the movement in Holland to come to America. Born in Nottinghamshire, England, about 1576, and spent his early life in business, moving to London about 1603, where he acquired, in trade, what for those days was a considerable fortune. Emigrating to Holland in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden, probably in 1610-11. His high character, his stern piety, his maturity (most of them were young men) gave him place at once among the leaders, and soon he was made a deacon of the church; his financial ability enabled him to finance the congregation in part at least, and explains, perhaps, the purchase of the Great House in which his brother-in-law Rev. John Robinson, the pastor lived, and in which the congregation worshipped.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1069/thumbnail.jp
Panthéon de la guerre; panorama of the world war and its heroes, the largest painting in the world, 402 feet long--45 feet high, painted by twenty-eight famous French artists, assisted by more than one hundred other artists under the direction of Pierre Carrier-Belleuse and Auguste-Francois Gorguet and ...
Get PDFThe Panthéon de la Guerre was the world\u27s largest painting ever produced upon its unveiling in 1918. The painting contained over 5,000 life-size portraits of war heroes, royalty and government officials, predominantly French, from the Allies of World War I.
Painting in book folds out to nearly ten feet, with description on the reverse side of reproduction of the painting. All text and images are presented as best as possible given size and condition of book.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1353/thumbnail.jp
In the Maine Woods: 1932 Edition
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That the Bangor & Aroostook Railroad serves a vast locality a glance at the map will reveal. From Moosehead Lake, one of the earliest vacation localities in this section of Maine and for more than half a century a foremost attraction, through the Katahdin Iron Works region, past Norcross and the waters abounding thereabouts, on and beyond famous Mt. Katahdin and the country around Patten, far up to the waters comprising the Fish River chain of lakes and streams, and over the New Brunswick boundary, into the Restigouche and other widely renowned Canadian fish and game centers -- for all these the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad is the approach.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_pubs/1007/thumbnail.jp
