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Item 14054

Bangor Police Officer, Union Railroad Station, 1942

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1942 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 10476

Chief Benjamin P. Sproul of Bangor, ca. 1925

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: circa 1925 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print

Item 10403

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad's Police Chief badge, ca. 1980

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1980 Media: Metal

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Rum, Riot, and Reform - Bootleggers vs. Police

"Brady Gang shooting, Bangor, 1937Bangor Historical Society Al Brady and Partner, Gunned Down Bangor, October 12, 1937 Collections of Bangor…"

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Nursing students, Eastern Maine General Hospital, ca. 1898

One Hundred Years of Caring -- EMMC

In 1892 five physicians -- William H. Simmons, William C. Mason, Walter H. Hunt, Everett T. Nealey, and William E. Baxter -- realized the need for a hospital in the city of Bangor had become urgent and they set about providing one.

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Wired! How Electricity Came to Maine

As early as 1633, entrepreneurs along the Piscataqua River in southern Maine utilized the force of the river to power a sawmill, recognizing the potential of the area's natural power sources, but it was not until the 1890s that technology made widespread electricity a reality -- and even then, consumers had to be urged to use it.