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Bar Harbor Fire Department

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Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 2 of 2

"Views of Bangor’s Big Fire, April 30, 1911. Bangor, ME: Frank E. Davis and Leyland Whipple, [1911]. Bangor Museum and Center for History. Print."

Life on a Tidal River - The Bangor Fire of 1911 - Page 1 of 2

"… 9) Norumbega Hall ruins, Bangor Fire, 1911 Bangor Public Library The fire spread northward through downtown, destroying Norumbega Hall and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Fire at Deering High Deering High School fire, Portland, 1921Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media On May 20th, 1921, Deering High School…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… one of the most significant media influences in Maine. Fire on Hobson's Wharf, Portland, 1934Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"The guns were fired from Ft. Williams, the horns came from the 5th Maine Infantry band, and whistles were from the steamboat Calvin Austin."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"A fire burning on the wharf in the afternoon could be aerially photographed and published that evening, an impressive and telling feat for the 1930s."

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor Site Resources

"Vickery, James B. Made in Bangor: economic emergence and adaptation, 1834-1911. Bangor, Me.: Bangor Historical Society & Museum, 1984. Print."

Life on a Tidal River - Project Process

"At Bangor High School, the devastating 1911 Fire and the rapid reconstruction of the city in the two years following, fit very well with discussions…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Norumbega Hall ruins, Bangor Fire, 1911 Bangor Public Library A stiff southerly breeze blew on that warm Sunday afternoon April 30, 1911 that caused…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"… as 1903.(2) The first recorded formal race was 1911 and the last, 1913. One might assume that some Scarborough residents participated."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Hotels in Thomaston

"It was destroyed by fire in 1911 and was never rebuilt. During the days of the Knox and Lincoln stage route, this hotel was a popular business."

Historic Hallowell - Uniforms and Expenses

"In the years 1898-1911, the costs were reduced from $937 to $75. This may have been due to start up costs for the police force in 1898."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Second Generation & Permanent Structures at Asticou

"… mortality rate -- Augustus Chase Savage (1832-1911), the older brother of Samuel T. and the 6th child of John and Climena’s 11 children -- later…"

Historic Hallowell - Cotton Mill & Johnson Shoe Citations

"Hallowell: City Council of Hallowell, 1911. “books.google.com.” n.d. (accessed Mar. 22, 2011) http://books.google.com/bkshp?hl=en&tab=wp. n.d. 29 Apr."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"Most of the A.C. Savage (1832-1911) relatives took in guests and provided meals while they consolidated their immediate families into a few of the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - 1870 to 1915

"As early as 1911, visionary Alfred S. Black started to accumulate mineral properties containing limestone and clay, eventually establishing the New…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant. Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… left, but the whole thing was demolished in 1911 to make room for the Central Maine Power Plant. Arthur Moore Ice House, Hallowell, ca."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Ridlonville

"In 1911 the name was changed to Abbott School in honor of Elizabeth Abbott who had donated the land."

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - The Colony Continues to Grow, 1874 - 1900

"Stockholm officially became a Town in 1911. The Rail Roads Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Station, New Sweden, ca."

Lubec, Maine - Myron Avery, Lubec, and the Appalachian Trail

"Grammar school, North Lubec, ca. 1911 A North Lubec class photo, Myron in front row, third from left."

Bangor Public Library

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