Ruins of the Post Office (Bangor Fire, 1911)

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

Title: Ruins of the Post Office (Bangor Fire, 1911)
Creator: Whipple, Leyland
Date: May 1911
Description: Ruins of the United States Custom House and Post Office after the fire of April 1911. These buildings were built in 1853-55 between State Street and Central Streets. The architect was Ammi B. Young with an addition added on in 1869-1870 by architect Alfred Bult Mullett. This view is taken from the Kenduskeag Stream.
Subject: Bangor (Me.)--Fire, 1911; Customhouses--Maine--Bangor; Fires--Maine--Bangor; Government buildings--Maine--Bangor; Post offices--Maine--Bangor; Ruins--Maine--Bangor; Bangor (Me.)--Photographs
Number: Slide 35
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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