Contributed by Bangor Public Library
Description
A large crowd gathers to observe a fire in Pickering Square on 29 March 1891. The fire, which was especially fierce as it burned the finishing and upholstery building of the G.W. Merrill Furniture Co., caused some $8,000 in damage, but in this picture it is under control. The crowd, sporting the high-crowned bowlers and porkpie hats then fashionable, gathered to watch the fire department apply eighteen hoses to the buildings--newspapers reported that it was widely believed that if the fire had succeeded in spreading it would have endangered the entire business district.
About This Item
- Title: Pickering square fire, Bangor, 1891
- Creation Date: 1891-03-29
- Subject Date: 1891-03-29
- Location: Pickering Square, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9.3 cm x 11.4 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Fires--Maine--Bangor
- Smoke--Maine--Bangor
- Buildings--Maine--Bangor
- Spectators--Maine--Bangor
- Bangor (Me.)--Fire, 1891
- Firefighting equipment--Maine--Bangor
- Hoses--Maine--Bangor
- Fire fighters--Maine--Bangor
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