Maine Memory Network

Architecture & Landscape database - John P. Thomas

"Thomas, ca. 1920Maine Historical Society John P. Thomas served in the navy during World War I. After his discharge in 1919, he established his own…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"… Sugar beets being loaded from a bulk truck to a Bangor and Aroostook gondola car. In the 1970s, potato farmers in Aroostook County grew sugar…"

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 1 of 3

"… & Elliott Company Guilford Bed and Breakfast Bangor and Aroostook Railroad DAVIS BROTHERS FURNITURE Text by: Morgan King and Brittany Cookson…"

Early Maine Photography - Family Groups

"O.R. Patch family, Bangor, ca. 1865Maine Historical Society The faces of pre-Civil War rural Maine are symbolized in a daguerreotype of John R."

Early Maine Photography - War - Page 1 of 2

"1852Maine Historical Society Two of the treasures of the Maine Historical Society’s collection of early photography are daguerreotypes of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"… of these ice blocks eventually were used to cool Bangor and Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"Sometimes after supper, I would go to Bangor to get a used car from Avis rental and not get back until twelve."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"… • Images from the Guilford Historical Society The Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad The Bangor and Piscataquis Railroad Company was constructed on…"

Lincoln, Maine - Post Office

"The mail route was established from Bangor. It went from Bangor to Birch Stream Settlement (Argyle), Kelmarnock (Medford), Maxfield, Lincoln, Sebois…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… railroad carloads of broomcorn, ash lumber from Bangor and broom handles were received. The completed brooms were transported by wagon back to the…"

Maine's Swedish Colony, July 23, 1870 - New Sweden Athletic Club

"1936 Bangor to Caribou Marathon SkiersNew Sweden Historical Society Some of the people that wanted to form the club were Evald Anderson, Buck…"

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

"… New Sweden StationNew Sweden Historical Society In 1899 the Bangor and Aroostook rail line was extended north from Caribou through New…"

Early Maine Photography - Occupational

"Man wearing Masonic regalia, ca. 1860Maine Historical Society Fraternal orders enjoyed widespread popularity in nineteenth century Maine, and many…"

Early Maine Photography - Portland Photographers

"Thomas R. Burnham arrived in Portland from Bangor in 1858 and was joined the next year by his brother John to operate the Burnham Brothers studio."

Lincoln, Maine - Lincoln Theater

"… theater anymore and everyone has to drive to Bangor to go to one. We also get affected because of the gas money when we want to go see one."

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

""Will Brown in 50th Year in Business on Main Street." Bangor Daily News (Bangor, Maine) 1954, Lincoln Historical Society ed.: 285-86."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor

"… Society In 1884, a railroad extension from Bangor through Ellsworth connected to a new Mount Desert ferry terminal."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… the Prestile Stream Presque Isle Historical Society Presque Isle Historical Society Crossing the Aroostook River near Crouseville As…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 1 of 13

"… County Historical and Art Museum, Presque Isle Historical Society and Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Harvesting Potatoes by hand…"

Early Maine Photography - Art

"Burnham of Bangor in the 1850s. Between 1790 and 1840 silhouettes were an inexpensive alternative to portrait miniatures for creating images of…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"Presque Isle Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., 1958Presque Isle Historical Society As seen with the Washington Monument in the background."

Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… Fair Guilford Fair - 1929Guilford Historical Society Guilford Fair - 1954Guilford Historical Society In the early part of the 20th…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"Presque Isle Historical Society Sources: Bangor Daily Commercial, Sept 22, 1922, page 1. Bangor Daily News, April 7, 1995, page C2."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"1900Islesboro Historical Society Seaside Hotel, Islesboro, ca. 1900Islesboro Historical Society RYDER'S COVE Ryder’s Cove, originally known as…"