Contributed by Greater Rumford Area Historical Society
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Description
A crowd watches a fire burn a significant part of Waldo Street on August 2, 1923. The result of the blaze: a loss of three restaurants, 12 stores, a garage, a bakery, three barber shops, the Majestic Theater, three pool halls, a 30-bed rooming house, a harness shop, sheds and storerooms, and at least 77 tenements.
Prior to the fire, Waldo Street in Rumford was a bustling residential and secondary business district for the town.
About This Item
- Title: Waldo Street fire, Rumford, 1923
- Creation Date: 1923-08-02
- Subject Date: 1923-08-02
- Location: Rumford, Oxford County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Debris--Maine--Rumford
- Fires--Maine--Rumford
- People--Maine--Rumford
- Spectators--Maine--Rumford
- Waldo Street (Rumford, Me.)
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- Majestic Theater
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- tenements
- theaters
For more information about this item, contact:
Greater Rumford Area Historical Society145 Congress Street, Rumford, ME 04276
(207) 364-2540
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