Public Library Catches Fire (Bangor Fire, 1911) · Digital Collections

Item sets: Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides; Views of Bangor's Big Fire, April 30, 1911

Title: Public Library Catches Fire (Bangor Fire, 1911)
Creator: Whipple, Leyland
Date: April 30, 1911
Description: This hand-colored lantern slide shows the Bangor Public Library catching fire in 1911. The library's collection, valued at $300,000, as well as that of the Bangor Historical Society, was entirely lost. Also pictured are the Bangor Savings Bank and Fred T. Hall & Co, grocers. Many of the spectators are still dressed in their Sunday best.
Subject: Bangor (Me.)--Fire, 1911; Bangor Historical Society (Bangor, Me.)--History; Bangor Public Library (Bangor, Me.)--History; Fires--Maine--Bangor; Libraries--Maine--Bangor; Spectators--Maine--Bangor; Bangor (Me.)--Photographs
Number: Slide 20
Type: Lantern slides; Photographs
Spatial Coverage: Bangor (Me.)
Temporal Coverage: Nineteen tens; Twentieth century
Language: English
Is Part Of: Bangor Public Library Special Collections; Leyland Whipple Lantern Slides
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