Maine Memory Network

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Politics and Enforcement

"Burden Collection Portland City Hall Rum Room, ca. 1930Maine Historical Society City Hall Rum Room ca."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Firemen's Muster, Presque Isle, 1938

"The parade is heading east up State Street. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales Buildings

"After buying this, he sold the lot on Jordan Street to Percy Pelkey. Original location today X c. 2009 X Sources: Graves, Richard A."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Business as Usual

"… Great State of Maine Beer Book X Portland City Directory 1903 Collections of Maine Historical Society While it was illegal to sell alcohol…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bethany Baptist Church

"Then in 1951, the members that left State Street Baptist planned on having their own services in the same building."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maine Farmer's Exchange (MFX) Building

"… Society The building located at 422 Main Street and known today as the MFX building was originally built in 1887."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Memorial Day, Presque Isle, 1888

"… front on the east side of the then dirt Main Street, across from G. H. Freeman Hardware Store. Above the store door is the name, "Bouquet." Above…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Unitarian Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"… the bell at the front entrance of its church on Academy Street. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… Presque Isle Fire House was built at 17 Church Street in 1912. The original hose house was replaced because it was in disrepair and wasn’t large…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Grant Memorial United Methodist Church

"The old church was located on Epworth Street, the present site of Craig Green’s New York Life. The old church, formally known as the Methodist…"

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Taverns, People, and Scenes

"In many of Maines small towns and cities, taverns were the center of social and political life. William McLellan Sr., Portland, ca.1800Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - John R Braden

"… of the ticket booth at the Braden Theatre on Main Street in Presque Isle, one would see a “cornerstone” of the Braden Theatre placed when the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Free Baptist Church, Presque Isle, 1895

"… The Free Baptist Church (later the State Street Baptist Church), corner of Second and State Streets, was built in 1881."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Stairs-Beckwith Farm, Presque Isle, ca. 1950

"These farm buildings were located on Academy Street in Presque Isle about a mile from Main Street. View additional information about this item on…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Soldiers marching in Presque Isle Memorial Day parade, 1944

"… in 1944 as seen from the corner of State and Main Streets in front of the A.M. Smith Building. View additional information about this item on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Electric generator delivery, Presque Isle, 1959

"… in the background is at the corner of Main Street and Chapman Road, Presque Isle. View additional information about this item on the Maine…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

"… Isle Air Terminal Building on outer Mechanic Street bordering Presque Isle Army Air Field. Northeast Airlines DC-3s (as redesignated C-47s) and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"… the Braden Theater and Al's Food Shop on Main Street in Presque Isle. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Building

"… building on the corner of Second and State Streets was built by Gould in 1920 for the purpose of housing these two companies."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Phair House, the Bellstead and the Social Security Building

"… in the 1890s on the corner of Chapman and Main Streets. In 1916, he sold it to Paul X. Beaulier who operated it as a boarding house."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"… I worked with parked one on the sidewalk of Main Street. When they got here they had a protective film around them to keep the seawater from…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"… Carroll’s Auto Sales current location at 280 Main Street in 1963. After the move we sold all General Motors cars except Pontiac."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley Railroad and Maine Public Service Company building, Presque Isle, 1921

"… on the northwest corner of Second and State Streets. The building is still the offices for Maine Public Service Company."

Rum, Riot, and Reform - Drinking: Elegance and Debauchery

"… at the corner of Portland's Federal and Temple streets, just below the First Parish Meetinghouse, was a stagecoach depot and popular watering place…"