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Union Station on Washington Street dominated downtown after opening in 1907 until its demolition in 1961. The brick structure served Maine Central Railroad passengers, as well as the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. Its grand illuminated bell tower clock was visible for many miles. This BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB was taken in August 1960.
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Union Station on Washington Street dominated downtown after opening in 1907 until its demolition in 1961. The brick structure served Maine Central Railroad passengers, as well as the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. Its grand illuminated bell tower clock was visible for many miles. This BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB was taken in August 1960.

  • Union Station on Washington Street dominated downtown after opening in 1907 until its demolition in 1961. The brick structure served Maine Central Railroad passengers, as well as the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad. Its grand illuminated bell tower clock was visible for many miles. This BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB was taken in August 1960.
  • Wise motorists are lining up ahead of time at the City Treasurer's office and the Auto Registration Bureau to get their 1960 auto tabs. These motorists in the City Treasurer's office are paying their excise taxes after furnishing proof of poll tax payments. Deadline for registration is March 1. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY CARROLL HALL
  • NEW BROADWAY SLIDE - The recreation department has erected a slide at Broadway Park and with Friday's first sliding weather proved that it is going to be a popular place this winter. Broadway has only gradual natural slopes and youngsters never have been able to get up much speed, but with a start down the ramp onto the natural slope they pick up real momentum. The slide is constructed so that equipment of all descriptions can be used, from toboggan on down to what the small fry are calling "flying saucers," and slabs of heavy cardboard. Recreation Director Ben Campbell said that if the experiment in Broadway Park proves successful the department may erect similar slides elsewhere in the city. On the toboggan in the picture are, left to right: James Robinson, Mary Lou Robinson and Susan Stefanski. BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO BY DANNY MAHER
  • CITIES SERVICE -- This station on Hammond Street offers service...Cities Service, that is, for motorists along the Bulge Route. BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB
  • Bangor's outmoded highway sign on outer Hammond Street contrasts with the big oversized billboard pointing tourists toward New Brunswick. The Bangor Jaycees are sponsoring a slogan contest for new promotional signs to be placed along Bangor highways. The program is being carried out in cooperation with Robert H. Patten, left, the city's Industrial Development director. Joseph W. O'Reilly, right, is the chairman of the Jaycee Civic Committee, sponsors of the contest. BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO BY DANNY MAHER
  • View of Bangor from lower Main Street showing the two bridges to Brewer (Penobscot Bridge and Joshua Chamberlain Bridge) at top right. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB<br /> <br /> Note: This aerial photograph was taken by NEWS photographer Spike Webb sometime in the late 1950's to very early 1960's...the Chamberlain Bridge was built in the mid-'50s and Union Station was razed in late 1961, but is clearly visible in this photograph.
  • Aerial view of downtown Bangor with waterfront in foreground. Photograph was taken in June 1960. BANGOR DAIILY NEWS FILE PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB
  • The Bangor Opera House sign from 1920 to 1960. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO
  • Gregory Wynne of Bangor, a 44-year veteran of the Maine Central Railroad, pulled his last passenger train ticket Wednesday. Wynne, who joined the railroad in 1916 as a 21-year-old telegrapher, retired Wednesday, six days before the end of all MCRR passenger trains. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY CARROLL HALL weekly
  • The 560-foot Shell Oil tanker Asprella, one of the largest tankers to navigate the Penobscot, docked in Brewer on August 2, 1960. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY JOHN BAKER
  • Dow Air Force Base's first B-52G, eight-jet engine bomber arrived at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 27, 1960. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY CARROLL HALL
  • This BDN photograph of the Dow AFB Base Operations building appeared in the Bangor Daily News on September 23, 1965.
  • Nearly 500 people marched in Bangor for civil rights on March 14, 1965, after a Boston minister was beaten t o death in Selma, Ala. Participants included (front row) Glenn Payne (second from right), president of the Bangor NAACP, and the Rev. Philip Palmer (left) president of the Bango9r-Brewer Council of churches. (BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB)
  • Bangor Masonic Hall c.1967
  • Main Street, Bangor, looking south in September 1968. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB
  • Miller's Restaurant takes shape as the remodeling of the former Aunt Molly's Restaurant nears completion in 1962. BANGOR DAILY NEWS FILE PHOTO
  • URA PROPERTY The property housing the Bangor Hardware Company at 31-41 Mercantile Square has been acquired by the Bangor Urban Renewal Authority. The property has been scheduled for demolition at some future point. The URA paid $68,500 for the property. BANGOR DAILY NEWS PHOTO BY SPIKE WEBB
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