This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420)
Description: This newspaper copy covers 150 years since the city's incorporation in 1834. Bangor began in 1769 when the first white settler, Jacob Buswell made his home there. It is divided in 8 sections: A: 1834-1841 Out of the woods (Item 7413) B: 1842-1872 Boom town (Item 7414) C: 1873-1895 Turning the tide (Item 7415) D: 1896-1911 A new century (Item 7416) E: 1912-1931 Out of the ashes (Item 7417) F: 1932-1945 The lean years (Item 7418) G:1946-1968 Prosperous peace (Item 7419) H: 1969-1984 Building on past (Item 7420) [show more]
Old map of New France, showing what is now Maine, MDI, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. Part of exhibit of exploratory maps on display in Milliken Room of the Northeast Harbor Library to celebrate the Bicentennial.
Description: Old map of New France, showing what is now Maine, MDI, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia. Part of exhibit of exploratory maps on display in Milliken Room of the Northeast Harbor Library to celebrate the Bicentennial.
Description: B/W, 9x7" postcard showing map of Frenchman's Bay by L. S. Phillips. Shows Bar Harbor, Lamoine, Hancock Pt., Sorrento, and Schoodic Peninsula.
View of Hancock Point with "The Bluffs" (hotel), the Eastern Steamship ferry wharf, and the Maine Central Railroad Depot. Area was called Mount Desert Ferry.
Description: View of Hancock Point with "The Bluffs" (hotel), the Eastern Steamship ferry wharf, and the Maine Central Railroad Depot. Area was called Mount Desert Ferry.
Relief shown by hachures. Includes historical notes and drawings. Originally done by Luther S. Phillips in 1946 and revised by Augustus D. Phillips in 1963. Courtesy of the Northeast Harbor Library
Description: Relief shown by hachures. Includes historical notes and drawings. Originally done by Luther S. Phillips in 1946 and revised by Augustus D. Phillips in 1963. Courtesy of the Northeast Harbor Library
Description: From Calais, Maine, to St. Stephens, New Brunswick, the International Bridge spans the St. Croix River that flows between these two cities.