Design for '59: 1834-1959 Quasquicentennial City of Bangor, Maine
- Item sets
- 20th Century Bangor, Maine
- Title
- Design for '59: 1834-1959 Quasquicentennial City of Bangor, Maine
- Date
- 1959
- Description
- This is the design for ‘59 ... Bangor’s year of destiny. The idea grew out of the thinking of a number of men who turned to Gordon W. Clapp, youthful public relations director of Bangor's daily newspaper. Clapp, soon to become chairman of the committee charged with working out a plan and effectuating it, picked up the ball and ran with it. The idea was simple--why not have a celebration honoring the 125th Anniversary of Bangor's incorporation as a city. Clapp started by calling together a group of civic-minded business men to discuss the thought and to "kick it around" and kick it around they did. The result wasn't just a plan for a celebration for one day, or a week or even a month--it was a gala, tremendous year-long celebration aimed at commemorating the City of Bangor's 125th birthday and providing the State of Maine and New England with the biggest promotion and fun filled event in their history.
- Subject
- Bangor (Me.)--History--20th Century
- Bangor (Me.)--Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Centennials--Maine--Bangor
- Spatial Coverage
- Bangor (Me.)
- Language
- English
- Is Part Of
- Bangor Public Library Special Collections
- Note
- "Twelve months of the biggest, most action-packed program ever undertaken in a city the size of Bangor, with the goal of attracting at least 1,000,000 new visitors in 1959."
- A series of pamphlet, papers, and photographs revolving around celebration of the 125th anniversary of the incorporation of Bangor as a city. Includes a street-by-street guide and map for a tour of Bangor's points of interest.
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