Keywords: Downtown Bangor
Item 14900
Downtown Bangor Fire, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 40162
Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1902-03-20 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
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Like other immigrant groups, Jews came to Maine to make a living and enjoy the natural and cultural environment. Their experiences have been shaped by their occupational choices, Jewish values and, until recently, experiences of anti-Semitism.
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Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s
"During the '40s and for several more decades, Downtown was the heart of the community. Photographs from this era paint a picture of a community…"
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Life on a Tidal River - The Great Bangor Floods: 1902 and 1976
"… Society 1902 The rain was coming down hard in downtown Bangor on the evening of March 20, 1902. The townspeople had been experiencing unseasonably…"
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Mike Remillard shares his in-depth knowledge of our community
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
You will learn a lot from Mike's fascination with many topics from church organs to submarines.
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30 years of business in Maine
by Raj & Bina Sharma
30 years of business, raising a family, & showcasing our culture in Maine
