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Beal School of Shorthand Bangor Carnival Parade Float, June 18, 1912
No full textFrom the Wednesday, June 19, 1912 Bangor Daily Commercial newspaper:
The biggest carnival parade ever seen in Bangor, probably the longest parade of any sort ever seen here, passed through the city Tuesday. It was a magnificent aggregation of artistic arrangement of decorative material, beautiful women and children and fine rigs.
From where the processions rear rested far down on the Hampden road to the food of Exchange Street, there was almost a continuous line of floats, wagons, carriages, and fire apparatus, the entire horse drawn equipment of the Bangor Fire Department being in parade.
As the procession passed along the music of the two bands, the various floats were loudly applauded as now one, then another, party of friends discovered familiar faces or firm names on the floats.
Beal School of Shorthand was located at 25 Broad Street. Mary E. Beal proprietor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1114/thumbnail.jp
Unidentified Bangor Carnival Parade Float, June 18, 1912
No full textFrom the Wednesday, June 19, 1912 Bangor Daily Commercial newspaper:
The biggest carnival parade ever seen in Bangor, probably the longest parade of any sort ever seen here, passed through the city Tuesday. It was a magnificent aggregation of artistic arrangement of decorative material, beautiful women and children and fine rigs.
From where the processions rear rested far down on the Hampden road to the food of Exchange Street, there was almost a continuous line of floats, wagons, carriages, and fire apparatus, the entire horse drawn equipment of the Bangor Fire Department being in parade.
As the procession passed along the music of the two bands, the various floats were loudly applauded as now one, then another, party of friends discovered familiar faces or firm names on the floats.
Extensive investigation still leaves this float unidentified.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1133/thumbnail.jp
E.C Nichols Dry Goods Co. Bangor Carnival Parade Float, June 18, 1912
No full textFrom the Wednesday, June 19, 1912 Bangor Daily Commercial newspaper:
The biggest carnival parade ever seen in Bangor, probably the longest parade of any sort ever seen here, passed through the city Tuesday. It was a magnificent aggregation of artistic arrangement of decorative material, beautiful women and children and fine rigs.
From where the processions rear rested far down on the Hampden road to the food of Exchange Street, there was almost a continuous line of floats, wagons, carriages, and fire apparatus, the entire horse drawn equipment of the Bangor Fire Department being in parade.
As the procession passed along the music of the two bands, the various floats were loudly applauded as now one, then another, party of friends discovered familiar faces or firm names on the floats.
The Nichols Co. had a handsome float in line, one that was most noticeable in the long parade, where all were good and none were poor. It was the result of a great deal of thought and a great deal of time on the part of the professional decorator of the firm E.F. Hartwell.
Seated on a throne in the center of a large platform sat Columbia, representing the United States, and at each corner of the pedestal upon which the throne rested were four pretty girls each dressed in a different costume, one representing Cuba, another the Phillipines, another the American girl, and another an Indian maiden. At each corner of the platform of the float were white columns, gilded at the top, and the entire float was appropriately dressed. Two horses, hitched tandemwise, hauled the float. At the head of each horse were two attendants who were four young men dressed in the costumes of the Indian, the Phillipino, the Cuban, and the Mexican.
The E.C. Nichols Dry Goods Co. operated at 35 Main Street. Charles A. Robbins served as company vice president and superintendant, William E. Quirin as president and treasurer. Robbins lived in Bangor, but his partner Quirin, according to the 1912 Bangor city directory, did not live in the Bangor area, as Manchester, New Hampshire is listed as his residence. The company ad on page 253 of the city directory calls the company the Shopping Centre of Eastern Maine.
Everett F. Hartwell ran a decorating business at 35 Main Street.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1128/thumbnail.jp
The Puritan Clothing Co. Bangor Carnival Parade Float, June 18, 1912
No full textFrom the Wednesday, June 19, 1912 Bangor Daily Commercial newspaper:
The biggest carnival parade ever seen in Bangor, probably the longest parade of any sort ever seen here, passed through the city Tuesday. It was a magnificent aggregation of artistic arrangement of decorative material, beautiful women and children and fine rigs.
From where the processions rear rested far down on the Hampden road to the food of Exchange Street, there was almost a continuous line of floats, wagons, carriages, and fire apparatus, the entire horse drawn equipment of the Bangor Fire Department being in parade.
As the procession passed along the music of the two bands, the various floats were loudly applauded as now one, then another, party of friends discovered familiar faces or firm names on the floats.
From the Bangor Daily News, June 20, 1912: One of the very attractive floats was that of the Puritan Clothing Co., D.P. Mulvey, manager. It gave a very fitting representation of the Puritan days in 1650. Within a cabin, crude, but typical of the days of the early settlers sat Priscilla, spinning on an old spinning wheel over 100 years old. Beside her sat John Alden ... The costumes worn were brought from New York, and were also typical of Puritan days. Real Indians made the setting more attractive and four from the Ranco family of the Old Town tribe offered their services, and sat in Indian fashion about a moss covered tripod.
The Puritan Clothing Co. operated at 46 Central Street. D.P. Mulvey served as manager. The 1912 Bangor city directory does not specify what D.P. stood for.
The sign on the back of the float reads, Bring your envelopes to our store / Get free prizes for lucky numbers / Baseballs bats waists trousers games / All given away to-day free! / 46 Centra St. near Kenduskeag Streamhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1131/thumbnail.jp
Public Building at Bangor, Maine: May 23, 1911
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The present site is on an island m the middle of the Kenduskeag River, running through the city of Bangor, and the Secretary also states in substance, in the same letter, it was necessary to protect the island on which this site is situated by very strong sea walls, as the flow of ice at the time of spring floods is a menace; that to put the present wall in suitable condition will require the entire appropriat of 30,000 to carry the foundations of the building down, so that in case of disastrous floods weakening the sea wall there would be no danger in undermining the building footings.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1218/thumbnail.jp
Registered Automobiles and Dealers: State of Maine, January 1 - July 1, 1911
Get PDFProvides a listing of automobiles registrations in the State of Maine. Each listing includes the owner\u27s name and address, the registration number, the automobile manufacturer name, and the horsepower of the vehicle. Also listed are automobile dealers of the time in Maine in these towns: Waterville, Bath, Portland, Saco, South Paris, Ellsworth, Lewiston, Augusta, Farmington, Rumford, Old Orchard, Houlton, Fryeburg, Skowhegan, Bangor, Hartland, Hallowell, West Sullivan, Easton, Machias, Dexter, Rockland, Madison, and Livermore Falls.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1138/thumbnail.jp
Hearings Before the Subcommittee No.2 of the Public Buildings and Grounds Committee, House of Representatives, Friday, May 12, 1911 on H.R. 8766 (by Mr. Guernsey) Providing for the Purchase of a Site and the Erection of a Building Thereon at Bangor, Maine
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In accordand with office telegram of May 6, 1911, directing a report of the fire damage to the United State Post Office and customhouse, Bangor, Me., I have to submit that the building and contents, with exception of foundation and heating plant, is a total loss. If reconstruction is contemplated on the present site the alls will have to be taken down to grade level. On the east and north sides, where the fire was most severe, the granite facing is spawled off almost to the backing, and likewise at openings on the south and west sides. The original building, built in 1856, was extended to the south in 1869 and the the north in 1904.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1216/thumbnail.jp
Ruins of Bangor High School after the fire, 1911
No full textThis photograph was taken a few days after the Bangor Fire of April 30, 1911. It shows the ruins of the Bangor High School that was located on the Bruce lot now Abbot Square on Harlow Street. This High School building was built in 1852. The replacement High School was built across Harlow Street, with the Public Library built next to it.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1078/thumbnail.jp
Courtesy as an Asset
Get PDFExtols the virtuous courtesy demonstrated to passengers by the railway employees on the Buffalo, Rochester, and Pittsburgh Railway. Serves primarily, however, as a general treatise on manners for society as a whole, advising, among many other suggestions, do not join the Knockers\u27 Klub; and avoid all fellowship with the folks who are trying to wear the face off a clock, never conceal unfinished work under blotters, in pigeonholes or drawers, depending on memory to find it, and to gibe visitors, or to give fresh and flippant answers, even to stupid or impudent people, is a great mistake.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1283/thumbnail.jp
Views of Bangor\u27s Big Fire, April 30, 1911
Get PDFThe Bangor Fire started in a hay shed on Broad Street, at 4:10 PM, Sunday, April 30, 1911. High wind carried burning brands diagonally across Kenduskeag Stream and ignited a shed in the rear of The Fairbanks Company, on Exchange Street, and almost at the same time one of the steeples of the Universalist Church on Center Street. In a few minutes the wooden buildings in the rear of Exchange Street were a furnace, the intense heat and flames from which, swept onward by the wind, fairly melted everything before them, leaping from one large block to another with great rapidity.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1202/thumbnail.jp