Contributed by Penobscot Marine Museum
Description
Main Street in Limestone in about 1915.
Louis A. Cyr general store can be seen on the right behind the vehicle.
The town was settled several years after 1845 when a dam was constructed and a mill built on Limestone Stream. A starch factory opened in 1876. The town was incorporated in 1868.
About This Item
- Title: Main Street, Limestone, ca. 1915
- Creator: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing
- Creation Date: circa 1915
- Subject Date: circa 1915
- Location: Limestone, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Collection: Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co.
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- General stores--Maine--Limestone
- Gasoline pumps--Maine--Limestone
- Telephone companies--Maine--Limestone
- Dwellings--Maine--Limestone
- Main Street (Limestone, Me.)
- Streets--Maine--Limestone
- Stores & shops--Maine--Limestone
- Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
- Automobiles--1910-1920
- Dirt roads--Maine--Limestone
- Utility poles--Maine--Limestone
- Telephone lines--Maine--Limestone
- Real estate business--Maine--Limestone
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