Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle Air Museum

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Governor's Potato Plot, Presque Isle, 1959

"… was then being installed at the Presque Isle Air Force Base and was a great source of pride for the community."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"… emphasizing a reliance on the need for Allied forces. The following are but a small selection of Centennial photographs found within the Portland…"

Robert A. Frost Memorial Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"… what was once Bangor Municipal Airport became Dow Air Force Base through which thousands of soldiers passed."

Life on a Tidal River - Doughty Students

"… way: Bangor International Airport was named Dow Air Force Base during WWII People had to ration things like gas and sugar! The Bangor Public…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"He took flying lessons, flew a 44 passenger aircraft and made “2 or 3” solo cross-country flights in a biplane. JJeremiah worked for Delta Air Lines…"

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 2 of 3

"… caused two-by-fours to go flying through the air. The Low’s Bridge washed away; it was 130 years old."

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"Presque Isle - Strategic Missile Wing Presque Isle Air Museum X Since the 1970s, Presque Isle has undergone a decline in population due in part…"

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"It would serve as part of the Strategic Air Command. The City of Bangor welcomed the build-up of the air base and maintained a close relationship…"

Historic Hallowell - Blizzards in Hallowell

"To save the cattle and sheep there, the U.S. Air Force dropped 1,500 tons of hay. More than 100 people and 1 million heads of livestock died it the…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… small window and an insulated room, connected by air ducts to the ice storage space for storing dairy products and meats."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Cutting and Ice Houses on the Bombahook

"… small window and an insulated room, connected by air ducts to the ice storage space for storing dairy products and meats."

Surry by the Bay - Broadway by the Bay

"… The new reincarnation of the theater advertised “air cooled” and “ample parking” along with the open fireplace."

Music in Maine - Bluegrass Music

"He joined the Air Force, and when stationed at Presque Isle he met and married Yvette LeBlanc, making Maine his home."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - More on the Old Ell

"… year-round plumbing was added, central forced hot air heat installed, and the Old Ell was a simple but comfortable year-round home for Mame until…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… but potential passengers were turning to air and automobile travel. Other attempts to remain solvent failed, such as eliminating certain stations…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad

"… II, an extension was built to the Presque Isle Air Force Base. This substation on Munson Hill, pictured in1909, was 5 miles north of Presque Isle…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"His fierce bound into the air, as the bullet struck his muscular body, will never be forgotten by those who saw it."

Colby College Special Collections

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… that would have turned the downtown into an open-air shopping mall was rejected, with major consequences, both positive and negative."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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