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Item 33495

Train Wreck at Tin Bridge, Bangor, 1871

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1871-08-10 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph

Item 31972

Tin Bridge train wreck, Bangor, 1871

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1871-08-09 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph

Item 33577

Tin Bridge wreck, Bangor, 1871

Contributed by: Bangor Public Library Date: 1871-08-09 Location: Bangor Media: Stereograph

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Rockefeller Drive, Mt. Desert Island, ca. 1935

Designing Acadia

For one hundred years, Acadia National Park has captured the American imagination and stood as the most recognizable symbol of Maine’s important natural history and identity. This exhibit highlights Maine Memory content relating to Acadia and Mount Desert Island.

Exhibit

Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Exhibit

A Snapshot of Portland, 1924: The Taxman Cometh

In 1924, with Portland was on the verge of profound changes, the Tax Assessors Office undertook a project to document every building in the city -- with photographs and detailed information that provide a unique view into Portland's architecture, neighborhoods, industries, and businesses.

Site Pages

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Maternity, Hallowell Granite Works, ca. 1895

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… however wanted to fly Into the library with a crash The old library needed cash Now with a hole in its side The library was opened wide In the…"