Contributed by Presque Isle Historical Society
Description
This photograph shows the interior of one of the apartments at the Fairview Acres Housing project.
Fairview Acres was built as a temporary housing project in 1944 for Presque Isle Army Air Force families.
This view is from the living room into the kitchen. On the very left is one of the bedrooms. The black heating stove burns coal. In the kitchen is a hot water tank behind the kerosene burning cook stove.
There is a kitchen sink and an icebox. An ice truck delivered ice to the apartments. Children often followed the truck, hoping to catch a nice cool piece of ice.
The doorway exits to the street side of the apartment.
About This Item
- Title: Interior, Fairview Acres furnished apartment, Presque Isle, 1944
- Creator: Presque Isle Housing Authority
- Creation Date: 1944-07-22
- Subject Date: 1944-07-22
- Location: Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 19.2 cm x 23.9 cm
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Housing developments--Maine--Presque Isle
- Housing--Maine--Presque Isle
- Fairview Acres (Presque Isle, Me.)--Interiors
For more information about this item, contact:
Presque Isle Historical SocietyPO Box 285, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 762-1151
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