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Solitary Train Shed, ca. 1961
No full textThe Union Station train shed is a solitary presence on the Penobscot River bank as the former site of Union Station sits barren. At the center of the photograph the brick tower of city hall awaits a similar fate.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1020/thumbnail.jp
New Sign Machine Used in Adhering Scotchlite to Sign Blanks, ca. 1954
No full textAn employee stands in front of the new 36 vacuum applicator used to adhere Scotchlite to sign blanks.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bpd_img/1010/thumbnail.jp
Traffic congestion caused by trucks loading and unloading during peak traffic hours, ca. 1954.
No full textView looking down Exchange Street toward Union Station with Hancock, Washington and York cross streets. The street is congested with traffic and a Bemis Express Transportation Inc. truck is loading or unloading further impeding the traffic flow. Visible on the right side of the photograph are the Haynes & Chalmers Co. (hardware), the Bijou (theatre), and Friedman Furniture Inc. On the opposite side of the street signs for Bill\u27s Radio Taxi & Parking Lot Inc. and the Penobscot Hotel are visible.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bpd_img/1001/thumbnail.jp
Union Station, ca. 1950
No full textA view of Union Station with tracks, parking and train shed as well as the station building itself.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1006/thumbnail.jp
R. B. Dunn, ca. 1871
No full textThe locomotive R. B. Dunn was a 4-4-0 built by the Portland Company in 1871. Given the number 10 by Maine Central. (specs 15x24-62-62500).https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_mec_img/1014/thumbnail.jp
Free Municipal Parking Abbott Square, ca. 1954
No full textA view of the Abbott Square parking lot photographed from the opposite side of Harlow Street (perhaps from an upper floor of Bangor High School). Visible on Franklin Street are the Maine Employment Security office, Bangor Tire Company, Burr Printing Company, and Woods Shoe Fixery. Bordering the Abbott Square parking lot is the J. M. Norris Motor Company and the Murray Motor Mart. At the end of Franklin Street the Bangor City Hall is visible at 58 Hammond Street.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_bpd_img/1002/thumbnail.jp
St. Joseph Hospital front entrance, Bangor, ca.1955
No full textThis is the front entrance to St. Joseph Hospital at 297 Center Street in Bangor with a nurse from the hospital in the foreground.
St. Joseph Hospital was originally the Paine Hospital until 1947 when the Felician Sisters bought it and took over operations. The Paine Hospital was a private hospital founded by Ellen F. Paine, RN in 1906.
In 2015, St. Joseph Hospital is one of the two largest hospitals in Bangor, and a major healthcare service center in Maine.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/st_joseph_images/1005/thumbnail.jp
Passenger Train Steaming Before Union Station, ca. 1907
No full textA steam locomotive is exiting the train shed at Union Station with passenger cars.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1009/thumbnail.jp
Maine Central Drawbridge and Riverfront with Union Station, ca. 1907
No full textA view of the Maine Central Railroad drawbridge at the confluence of the Penobscot and Kenduskeag rivers. Visible in the background are the train shed and the Bangor- Brewer bridge.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1002/thumbnail.jp
City Point and Union Station, ca. 1910
No full textA view of the City Point Block and Union Station with shipping in the foreground.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/railroad_union_img/1001/thumbnail.jp