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View of Main Street, Bangor, ca. 1940
No full textThis post card shows a view of Main Street in Bangor, looking down towards Exchange Street and West Market Square. Freeses department store occupies much of the right side of the street; opened in 1892 by A. Langdon Freese, the store rapidly expanded until it was known as Fifth Avenue in Maine until in 1957 it was sold to the Gorin chain. Signs along the street hint at the wide variety of goods on sale, and the closely parked cars emphasize the convenience of the trolley.
Note: This image was scanned by a student at James F. Doughty School.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1060/thumbnail.jp
The Union Street Brick Church, Bangor, Maine, Circa 1895-1906
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Penobscot Central Railroad Opening 1898 #2
No full textThe Penobscot Central Railroad was approved in 1893 by the Maine legislature. A petition to the Maine Railroad Commissioners in 1896 asks for approval to construct and operate an electric street-railroad from Bangor through the towns of Glenburn, Kenduskeag, Levant, Corinth, Exeter, Charleston and Garland, a distance of some 35 miles. The railroad appears to have had financial difficulties from the start. Sometime around 1900 a powerhouse was built at Kenduskeag, and the cars, which had formerly used gasoline motors, began operating with electricity. This expense caused a need for bonds to be issued and by 1905 the bondholders had foreclosed. The report of the Maine Railroad Commissioners for 1905 the last in which this railroad appears, shows an operating deficit and also indicates that the line was now the Penobscot Central Railroad Company of New Haven, Connecticut.
Source: Railroad Survey Books and Profiles Collection, 1871-1892, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Opening day for the railroad was in late 1898. The railroad apparently did not last even two years. President of the railroad was Flavius O. Beal, former mayor of Bangor and otherwise long-term business and political figure in Bangor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1151/thumbnail.jp
Penobscot Central Railroad Opening 1898 #1
No full textThe Penobscot Central Railroad was approved in 1893 by the Maine legislature. A petition to the Maine Railroad Commissioners in 1896 asks for approval to construct and operate an electric street-railroad from Bangor through the towns of Glenburn, Kenduskeag, Levant, Corinth, Exeter, Charleston and Garland, a distance of some 35 miles. The railroad appears to have had financial difficulties from the start. Sometime around 1900 a powerhouse was built at Kenduskeag, and the cars, which had formerly used gasoline motors, began operating with electricity. This expense caused a need for bonds to be issued and by 1905 the bondholders had foreclosed. The report of the Maine Railroad Commissioners for 1905 the last in which this railroad appears, shows an operating deficit and also indicates that the line was now the Penobscot Central Railroad Company of New Haven, Connecticut.
Source: Railroad Survey Books and Profiles Collection, 1871-1892, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine
Opening day for the railroad was in late 1898. The railroad apparently did not last even two years. President of the railroad was Flavius O. Beal, former mayor of Bangor and otherwise long-term business and political figure in Bangor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1150/thumbnail.jp
Bangor Hydro Electric Building Corner State Exchange and Harlow Streets circa 1934
No full textThe Bangor Hydro Electric Company at the corner of State Street, Harlow Street, and Exchange Street circa 1934. Several business are present. Bangor Hydro Electric Company located at 33 State Street. The Park Theatre located across the street at 36 State Street. Around the corner from Bangor Hydro at 213 Exchange Street was Thompson, Bartlett, & Stuart Co.
There is no sign for Thompson, Bartlett, & Stuart Co., but (using a magnifying glass) there is an advertisement for Wolf\u27s Head Oil in the window.
Above the doorway for the Park Theatre is a sign advertising the movie Wagon Wheels. Wagon Wheels premiered September 15, 1934. This was the first clue in determining the date of this photograph.
Another critical clue, however, was looking at Bangor city directories. The 1934 directory lists Thompson, Bartlett, & Stuart Co. at 213 Exchange Street. The 1935 directory lists 213 Exchange Street as vacant. This helps us rule out that Wagon Wheels was shown in Bangor a year or more later than its premiere date.
Thompson, Bartlett, & Stuart Co. was operated by Daniel H. Thompson, Harry I. Bartlett, and the Stuart is not identified in the city directories. Patrick H. Nelligan is listed as the manager of the Park Theatre in the 1934 directory.
Notice the location of the street lights -- on poles on the corners about 10 feet high. One is located directly in front ot the Park Theatre. Street car and trolley lines are visible in the streets.
This photograph is part of a collection donated by the Bangor Hydro Electric Company. We continue to process this collection.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1157/thumbnail.jp
Bangor-Brewer Covered Bridge Over Penobscot River #5
No full textPhotograph estimated between 1890 to 1898. Visible under magnifying glass, near the shorter section of bridge, is a sign for Hinckley & Egery Iron Co., located on Oak Street, in Bangor. This business was in Bangor from 1868 to 1898, merging with Bangor Foundry and Machine Co. in 1898 to form Union Iron Works.
Loggers are visible working the logs on makeshift docks in the Penobscot River.
Photograph will be presented in six separate photographs to provide greater detail.
Photograph loaned by the Bangor Historical Society.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1170/thumbnail.jp
Bangor-Brewer Covered Bridge Over Penobscot River #6
No full textPhotograph estimated between 1890 to 1898. Visible under magnifying glass, near the shorter section of bridge, is a sign for Hinckley & Egery Iron Co., located on Oak Street, in Bangor. This business was in Bangor from 1868 to 1898, merging with Bangor Foundry and Machine Co. in 1898 to form Union Iron Works.
Loggers are visible working the logs on makeshift docks in the Penobscot River.
Photograph will be presented in six separate photographs to provide greater detail.
Photograph loaned by the Bangor Historical Society.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/spc_bangor_images/1171/thumbnail.jp
Doctor examining child patient at St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1960
No full textThis image shows a physician examining a male child patient at St. Joseph in Bangor. This was taken in the children\u27s ward of the old building that was formerly the Paine Hospital.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/st_joseph_images/1004/thumbnail.jp
Nurse with child patient at St. Joseph Hospital, Bangor, ca. 1960
No full textThis is a child patient with a nun nurse at St. Joseph Hospital in Bangor. This was taken in the old building just prior to construction of a new hospital in the early 1960s.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/st_joseph_images/1002/thumbnail.jp
European & North American Railroad Station, ca. 1900
No full textThis color postcard of the European & North American Railroad Station at the foot of Exchange Street gives an good idea of the color scheme of the building and canopied platforms that B & W photo prints lack.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_ena_img/1002/thumbnail.jp