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Item 10606

Limestone, ca. 1900

Limestone, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Limestone Media: Postcard

Item 10612

Limestone, ca. 1910

Limestone, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Limestone Media: Postcard

Item 1134

Main Street, Limestone, ca. 1945

Main Street, Limestone, ca. 1945

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1945 Location: Limestone Media: Photographic print

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109114

Limestone Air Force Base family housing, Limestone, 1951

Limestone Air Force Base family housing, Limestone, 1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1951 Location: Limestone Client: United States Air Force Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109121

Limestone Air Force Base bakery & engine buildup building, Limestone, 1951

Limestone Air Force Base bakery & engine buildup building, Limestone, 1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1951 Location: Limestone Client: United States Air Force Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Item 109120

Limestone Air Force Base training & briefing building, Limestone, 1950-1951

Limestone Air Force Base training & briefing building, Limestone, 1950-1951

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1950–1951 Location: Limestone Client: United States Air Force Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Online Exhibits

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Immigrant workers at Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, 1905

Extracting Wealth

Maine's natural resources -- granite, limestone and slate in particular -- along with its excellent ports made it a leader in mining and production of the valuable building materials. Stone work also attracted numerous skilled immigrants.

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Cut in Williams Quarry, Rockland, ca. 1875

Promoting Rockland Through a Stereopticon, 1875

Frank Crockett and photographer J.P. Armbrust took stereo views of Rockland's downtown, industry, and notable homes in the 1870s as a way to promote tourism to the town.

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John Bapst High School basketball Booster button, Bangor, ca. 1950

John Bapst High School

John Bapst High School was dedicated in September 1928 to meet the expanding needs of Roman Catholic education in the Bangor area. The co-educational school operated until 1980, when the diocese closed it due to decreasing enrollment. Since then, it has been a private school known as John Bapst Memorial High School.

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Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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Maine State Prison Model, Thomaston, Maine

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Maine State Prison

"This property included Limestone Hill and its nearly 100-year-old lime quarry, a wharf and stores on Wadsworth Street."

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Henry Knox monument, Thomaston, ca. 1871

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Early 1800s

"… Knox Wharf at the foot of Wadsworth Street, the Limestone Hill quarry and other valuable property mortgaged to him by Lucy Knox prior to 1820, was…"