Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Pioneer Club, Presque Isle, ca. 1915

"Pioneer Club, Presque Isle, ca. 1915 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description A group photo of the Pioneer Club in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Graduates, Gouldville Elementary, Presque Isle, 1922

"Graduates, Gouldville Elementary, Presque Isle, 1922 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description A group photo of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Ice Castle in Presque Isle during Winter Carnival, 1937

"Ice Castle in Presque Isle during Winter Carnival, 1937 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description This 1937 postcard…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891

"Weighing the big trout, Mill Site, 1891 Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description Camp on the "Mill Site" on a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle High School Basketball Team 1913

"Presque Isle High School Basketball Team 1913 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description A Group photograph of the Presque…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940

"Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description Horses were still used in…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960

"Birds Eye mobil combine, Aroostook County, ca. 1960 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A Birdseye mobil combine for…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950

"Maine Special potato bag, Presque Isle, c. 1950 Contributed by Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Description 25 pound potato bag…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Stairs-Beckwith Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"Stairs-Beckwith Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1950 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description These farm buildings, on Academy…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959

"Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description In celebration of the centennial of…"

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

"Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Sugar beets being loaded from a…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Service Company, Presque Isle, c. 1965

"Potato Service Company, Presque Isle, c. 1965 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description Aerial view of Potato Service…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965

"Potato Starch Factory, c. 1965 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description A step in the process of producing potato starch…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Threshing peas, ca. 1955

"Threshing peas, ca. 1955 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description For many years peas were grown in rotation with potatoes…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982

"Potato import protest, Presque Isle, 1982 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description In a peaceful demonstration of opposition to…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920

"King Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1920 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description The King farm was about three miles from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle

"Fred Urquhart Farm, Presque Isle Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Description International Fertilizers…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Soldiers marching in Presque Isle Memorial Day parade, 1944

"… Soldiers marching in Presque Isle Memorial Day parade, 1944 Contributed by Presque Isle Air Museum Description Soldiers marching in the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"Christmas decorations, Presque Isle, ca. 1950 Contributed by Presque Isle Fire Department Description The photograph was taken in December…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888

"Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description Milliner's store front on the east side of the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939

"Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939 Contributed by Seashore Trolley Museum Description Opening day in 1910 of the Aroostook…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Firemen's Muster, Presque Isle, 1938

"Firemen's Muster, Presque Isle, 1938 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description This photograph of a Firemen's Muster…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maxie Anderson, Presque Isle, 1981

"Maxie Anderson, Presque Isle, 1981 Contributed by Maine Historical Society Description Maxie Anderson of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle Memorials 1900

"Presque Isle Memorials 1900 Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society Description Photo of interior of Presque Isle Memorials."