2024-03-29T14:57:15Z
http://api.mainememory.net/oai
oai:mainememory.net:14610
2017-07-05T17:52:02Z
contributor:fkhs
A surveyor's compass equipped with folding vertical sights was originally intended for surveying large tracts of land.
Metal, glass
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14610
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Surveying--Equipment and supplies
Compasses
Surveyor's compass, Fort Kent, ca. 1890
Physical Object
circa 1890
11 cm x 14 cm x 14 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14610.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1890
oai:mainememory.net:10026
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
The Fish River Railroad reached Fort Kent from Sheridan in 1902. In 1903 the Fish River Railroad became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad.
Note the canoe beside the storage shed.
Source: "Bangor and Aroostook," by Jerry Angier and Herb Cleaves, 1986.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10026
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Railroad stations
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Facilities
Railroads--Maine
Fish River Railroad Company
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad station, Fort Kent, c. 1910
Image
circa 1910
9 cm x 14 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10026.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:10027
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
This foot bridge crossed the Saint John River connecting Fort Kent to Clair, New Brunswick. It cost 5 cents to cross.
The picture is taken from the Fort Kent side of the river and Clair, New Brunswick, is seen on the far side of the river.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10027
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Saint John River (N.B. and Me.)
Footbridges--Maine--Fort Kent
Bridges--Maine--Fort Kent
Foot bridge from Fort Kent to Clair, New Brunswick
Image
circa 1910
22.5 cm x 32 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10027.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Clair, NB, Canada
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:10029
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
A hand car and utility car hauling a piece of equipment on the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in Northern Maine.
Hand cars were replaced by Fairmont Speeders in the 1950s and later by HiRail equipped trucks and maintenance equipment in the 1970s.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10029
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Railroad cars
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Equipment and supplies
Handcars
Railroad construction & maintenance
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad hand car, Aroostook County, ca. 1930
Image
circa 1930
20 cm x 25 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10029.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1930
oai:mainememory.net:10112
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
A Bangor and Aroostook 4-4-0 steam engine pulling a passenger train.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10112
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Railroad locomotives
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Equipment and supplies
Railroad cars
Railroads--Maine
Railroad employees
Bangor and Aroostook engine 208, Fort Kent, c. 1910
Image
circa 1910
18 cm x 9 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10112.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:10113
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
Bangor and Aroostook Raiload engine 242, 4-6-0 hauling a passenger train at the the Fort Kent station.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10113
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Railroad cars
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Equipment and supplies
Railroads--Maine
Railroad locomotives
Railroad stations
Facilities
Bangor and Aroostook Raiload engine 242, Fort Kent, c. 1945
Image
circa 1945
20 cm x 24 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10113.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1945
oai:mainememory.net:10114
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad passenger train at the Fort Kent Station.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10114
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Railroad cars
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company--Equipment and supplies
Railroads--Maine
Railroad stations
Facilities
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad passenger train, Fort Kent, c. 1930
Image
circa 1930
19 cm x 25 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10114.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1930
oai:mainememory.net:10115
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
View of the Fort Kent Block House in 1910. The Block House was part of the fortifications built during the Aroostook War.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10115
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Forts and fortifications--Maine--Fort Kent
Fort Kent (Me.)--Photographs
Forts
Aroostook War, 1839
Fort Kent Block House
Image
1910
10 cm x 15 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10115.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1910
oai:mainememory.net:10118
2018-10-18T08:24:06Z
contributor:fkhs
This foot bridge crossed the Saint John River connecting Fort Kent to Clair, New Brunswick. It cost 5 cents to cross.
The picture is taken from the Fort Kent side of the river and Clair, New Brunswick is seen on the far side of the river.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10118
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Pedestrian bridges--Maine--Fort Kent
Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)
Pedestrian bridges--New Brunswick--Clair
Rivers
Fort Kent footbridge, ca. 1930
Image
circa 1930
20 cm x 24 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10118.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Clair, NB, Canada
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1930
oai:mainememory.net:10126
2018-10-18T08:24:07Z
contributor:fkhs
This shows the view down the tracks from the Fort Kent Bangor and Aroostook Railroad depot. Of note is the heavy rail passenger cars and the steam engine.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10126
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Fort Kent (Me.)
Railroads
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad, Fort Kent, ca. 1940
Image
circa 1940
10 cm x 15 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10126.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1940
oai:mainememory.net:10123
2018-10-18T08:24:09Z
contributor:fkhs
Proclamation signed by John R. McKernan, governor of Maine, celebrating the sesquicentennial of the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty (The Treaty of Washington), which ended the boundary dispute between Maine and Canada known as the Aroostook War.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10123
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Northeast boundary of the United States
Anniversaries
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
Proclamations
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9--Anniversaries
Treaty of Washington, 1842
Governors--Maine
McKernan, John R.
United States--Boundaries--Canada
Canada--Boundaries--United States
McKernan, John R.
Webster-Ashburton anniversary proclamation, 1992
Text
1992-08-08
35 cm x 21.4 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10123.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1842-08-08
oai:mainememory.net:10124
2018-10-18T08:24:09Z
contributor:fkhs
English language proclamation signed by Frank McKenna, Premiere of New Brunswick, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the of the signing of the Treaty of Washington (the Webster-Ashburton Treaty) that ended the boundary dispute between Maine and Canada known as the Aroostook War.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10124
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Proclamations
McKenna, Frank
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9--Anniversaries
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
United States--Boundaries--Canada
Canada--Boundaries--United States
Premiers--Canada--New Brunswick
Northeast boundary of the United States
Treaty of Washington, 1842
McKenna, Frank
McKenna, Frank
Treaty anniversary proclamation, 1992
Text
1992-08-09
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10124.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
ME, USA
NB, Canada
1842-08-09
oai:mainememory.net:10125
2018-10-18T08:24:09Z
contributor:fkhs
French language Proclamation signed by Frank McKenna, Premiere of New Brunswick, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the of the signing of the Treaty of Washington (the Webster-Ashburton Treaty), which ended the boundary dispute between Maine and Canada known as the Aroostook War.
Ink on paper
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10125
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9--Caricatures and cartoons
McKenna, Frank
Canada--Boundaries--United States
Premiers--Canada
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
Northeast boundary of the United States
Treaty of Washington, 1842
United States--Boundaries--Canada
McKenna, Frank
McKenna, Frank
McKenna, Frank
New Brunswick Treaty of Washington anniversary proclamation, 1992
Text
1992-08-09
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10125.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
ME, USA
NB, Canada
1842-08-09
oai:mainememory.net:14611
2018-10-18T08:25:21Z
contributor:fkhs
Merlite Industries, Inc.
The Presto "CB" Fire Extinguisher contained chlorobromomethane and could only be used in well ventilated areas. While a very good fire supressor, chlorobromomethane could cause cardiac arrest if inhaled. The use of chlorobromomethane was banned by the EPA because it depleted the ozone layer.
Brass
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14611
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Bromochloromethane
Fire extinguishing agents
Fire extinguishers
Presto fire extinguisher, ca. 1940
Physical Object
circa 1940
17 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14611.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1940
oai:mainememory.net:18621
2018-10-18T08:26:22Z
contributor:fkhs
The image shows cutting through hills near Fort Kent for the Fish River Railroad.
The Fish River Railroad was completed in 1902 and became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in November 1903.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18621
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Fish River (Me.)
Railroad employees--Maine
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Railroad construction & maintenance--Maine--Fort Kent
Building the Fish River Railroad, Fort Kent, ca. 1902
Image
circa 1902
20 cm x 25 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18621.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1902
oai:mainememory.net:18622
2018-10-18T08:26:22Z
contributor:fkhs
Building the Fish River Railroad. The Fish River Railroad was completed in 1902 and became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in November 1903.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18622
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Fish River (Me.)
Railroad bridges--Maine
Railroad construction & maintenance
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Railroad employees--Maine
Fish River Railroad construction, ca. 1902
Image
circa 1902
25 cm x 20 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18622.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1902
oai:mainememory.net:18623
2018-10-18T08:26:22Z
contributor:fkhs
Building a bridge across the Fish River for the Fish River Railroad. The Fish River Railroad was completed in 1902 and became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in November 1903.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18623
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Railroad bridges--Maine
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Railroad employees--Maine
Railroad construction & maintenance
Fish River (Me.)
Fish River bridge building, ca. 1902
Image
circa 1902
20 cm x 25 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18623.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1902
oai:mainememory.net:18625
2018-10-18T08:26:22Z
contributor:fkhs
The Fish River Railroad construction project, completed in 1902, required construction of a bridge across the river. The line became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in November 1903.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18625
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Railroad employees--Maine
Fish River (Me.)
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Railroad construction & maintenance
Railroad bridges--Maine
Building bridge for Fish River Railroad, ca. 1902
Image
circa 1902
25 cm x 20 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18625.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1902
oai:mainememory.net:18626
2018-10-18T08:26:22Z
contributor:fkhs
North Abutment of bridge being constructed across the Fish River for the Fish River Railroad.
The Fish River Railroad was completed in 1902 and became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in November 1903.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18626
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Railroad employees--Maine
Fish River (Me.)
Abutments
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Railroad construction & maintenance
Railroad bridges--Maine
Bridge abutment, Fish River Railroad, 1902
Image
1902-07-17
25 cm x 20 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18626.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Aroostook County, ME, USA
1902-07-17
oai:mainememory.net:18627
2018-10-18T08:26:22Z
contributor:fkhs
A bridge being constructed across the Fish River for the Fish River Railroad.
The Fish River Railroad was completed in 1902 and became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in November 1903.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18627
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Railroad employees--Maine
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Railroad bridges--Maine
Railroad construction & maintenance
Fish River (Me.)
Fish River Railroad bridge construction, ca. 1902
Image
circa 1902
25 cm x 20 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18627.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1902
oai:mainememory.net:18628
2018-10-18T08:26:22Z
contributor:fkhs
A bridge being constructed across the Fish River for the Fish River Railroad. The Fish River Railroad was completed in 1902 and became part of the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad in November 1903.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/18628
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Fish River (Me.)
Railroad bridges--Maine
Railroad construction & maintenance
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Company
Railroad employees--Maine
Bridge abutments for Fish River Rail Road, ca. 1902
Image
circa 1902
20 cm x 25 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/18628.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1902
oai:mainememory.net:10116
2018-10-31T08:36:00Z
contributor:fkhs
Edward Kent was a Whig and served two terms as governor of Maine, 1838-1839, 1840-1841.
Fort Kent, in Aroostook County, was named in his honor in 1840.
Engraving
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10116
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Kent, Edward--Portrait photographs
Governors--Maine
Kent, Edward
Edward Kent, Fort Kent, ca. 1840
Image
circa 1840
22.7 cm x 15 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10116.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1840
oai:mainememory.net:10127
2018-10-31T08:36:00Z
contributor:fkhs
Daniel Webster was appointed Secretary of State by President William Henry Harrison in 1841. He remained Secretary of State in President John Tyler's administration after President Harrison died (April, 1841). In 1842, Webster and British Foreign Secretary Lord Ashburton (Alexander Baring) negotiated the treaty known as the Webster-Ashurton Treaty that established the current boundary between Maine and Canada that ended the Aroostook War.
Monochrome photographic copy of a painting
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10127
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron, 1774-1848
Boundaries--Great Britain
Canada--Boundaries--United States
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9
Northeast boundary of the United States
Treaty of Washington, 1842
United States--Boundaries--Canada
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852--Portraits
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
Webster, Daniel
Webster, Daniel
Daniel Webster, ca. 1841
Image
circa 1841
22.5 cm x 17 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10127.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
MA, USA
MA, USA
circa 1841
oai:mainememory.net:14607
2018-10-31T08:37:15Z
contributor:fkhs
Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated
Manufactured by Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated. The instructions on the jar say that one is to pour the powder from the enclosed envelope and add water to make the battery's electrolite.
The power cell was for telephones, telegraphs, alarm systems, bells and other similar applications.
Glass and metal
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14607
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Electric batteries
Standard cells
Electrical system components
Edison Primary Cell, S-90
Physical Object
circa 1915
18 cm x 9 cm x 9 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14607.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1915
oai:mainememory.net:14608
2018-10-31T08:37:15Z
contributor:fkhs
The butter churn and mixer is used for beating liquids, eggs or to make small amounts of butter.
The twisted wire spindle turned as the handle was moved up and down, spinning the beaters.
Glass, metal, wood
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14608
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Beaters (culinary tools)
Egg beaters
Butter churn and mixer, ca. 1910
Physical Object
circa 1910
29 cm x 8 cm x 8 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14608.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:14613
2018-10-31T08:37:15Z
contributor:fkhs
Measuring wheels are used by surveyors to roughly measure a distance by rolling the wheel along the ground and counting the number of revolutions.
To calculate the distance, the number of revolutions is multiplied by the circumference of the wheel; in this example, 2 feet.
Steel, wood
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14613
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Measuring
Surveying equipment
Surveyors
Weights & measures
Tools
Measuring wheel, Fort Kent, ca. 1900
Physical Object
circa 1900
32 cm x 19 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14613.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:14617
2018-10-31T08:37:15Z
contributor:fkhs
Wood spiles or spouts for tapping sugar maple trees to gather sap for maple syrup and sugar.
Wood
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14617
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Sugar maple tapping
Maple sugar industry--Equipment and supplies
Spiles
Wood spiles, Fort Kent, ca. 1900
Physical Object
circa 1900
2 cm x 3 cm x 13 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14617.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:14616
2019-01-15T09:27:28Z
contributor:fkhs
A child's set of snowshoes. Note the decorative work around the edge.
Wood, leather
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14616
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Winter sports
Snowshoes & shoeshoeing
Children
Shoes
Child's snowshoes, Fort Kent, ca. 1920
Physical Object
circa 1920
2 cm x 22 cm x 76 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14616.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1920
oai:mainememory.net:14619
2019-01-15T09:27:28Z
contributor:fkhs
The first Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard.
Wood, metal
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14619
00-0009
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Telephone switchboards
Fort Kent Telephone Company
Telephones
Fort Kent Telephone Company switchboard, c. 1895
Physical Object
circa 1895
98 cm x 36 cm x 34 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14619.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1895
oai:mainememory.net:14620
2019-01-15T09:27:28Z
contributor:fkhs
Victor
Victor's first portable Victrola was the Victrola 50 (see MMN# 14744) followed by the Victrola 35 in 1924. It was manufactured for about a year. It had storage for about ten records in the lid. Like other phonographs of the time, the steel needles were intended to be changed after each play.
Acoustic phonographs were completely mechanical, there were no electrically powered elements. When played, the needle rode in the groves on the record. The variations in the groove moved the needle to reproduce the original sounds vibrations. The needle was attached to a diaphragm which vibrated, reproducing, to a limited degree, the original sound. The tone arm is a hollow tube which, attached to the back of the wooden cabinet, acted as a megaphone.
Wood, metal
http://www.mainememory.net/item/14620
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/
Phonograph
Victor Talking Machine Company
Victor Victrola 35, c. 1924
Physical Object
circa 1924
46 cm x 41 cm x 34 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/14620.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1924
oai:mainememory.net:10122
2019-12-31T09:38:26Z
contributor:fkhs
Anne Bingham, daughter of Pennsylvania Senator William Bingham, married Lord Ashburton (Alexander Baring) in 1798.
Photographic copy of a painting
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10122
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Bingham, Anne--Portraits
Bingham, Anne
Lady Ashburton, ca. 1800
Image
circa 1800
24 cm x 21 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10122.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
circa 1800
oai:mainememory.net:10111
2023-03-12T08:27:30Z
contributor:fkhs
A painting of Lord Ashburton (Alexander Baring), the British Foreign Secretary who, in 1842 negotiated with U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster to reach the Webster-Ashurton Treaty that established the current boundary between Maine and Canada that ended the Aroostook War.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10111
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Boundaries--Great Britain
Northeast boundary of the United States
United States--Boundaries--Canada
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. United States, 1842 Aug. 9
Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron, 1774-1848--Portraits
Webster-Ashburton Treaty, 1842
Treaty of Washington, 1842
Canada--Boundaries--United States
Ashburton, Lord
Baring, Alexander
Lord Ashburton, ca. 1845
Image
circa 1845
25.2 cm x 20 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10111.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
UK
circa 1845
oai:mainememory.net:10024
2024-02-24T09:26:02Z
contributor:fkhs
The Blockhouse in Fort Kent was built in 1839 to defend the area against the British during the conflict called the "Aroostook War." It was later rented out for apartments. In the 1950's, Willard Jalbert rehabilitated the structure for a park commemorating the 19th century conflict that resulted in drawing Maine's present northern boundaries.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10024
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Aroostook War, 1839
Canada--Boundaries--United States
Forts and fortifications--Maine--Fort Kent
Forts--Maine--Fort Kent
Maine--Boundaries--New Brunswick
New Brunswick--Boundaries--Maine
Northeast boundary of the United States
United States--Boundaries--Canada
Fort Kent Blockhouse, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
17.5 cm x 21.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10024.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent Block House, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:10025
2024-02-24T09:26:02Z
contributor:fkhs
The construction of a railroad bridge across the Fish River, 1902.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10025
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Railroad bridges--Maine
Rivers--Maine
Fish River (Me.)
Bridges--Maine
Railroad bridge construction, Fish River, 1902
Image
1902
12 cm x 16 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10025.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fish River, Aroostook County, ME, USA
Fish River, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1902
oai:mainememory.net:10030
2024-02-24T09:26:02Z
contributor:fkhs
Bill Robins' harness shop is in the far right of the picture. A wooden horse is in front of the shop for displaying harnesses.
Next, to the left is Lex Robins General Store, then Kelleher Drug Store (built by Stanley Buriall), then Nadeau's Store owned by Cleaford Nadeau.
A banner advertising the Houlton Fair is hung across the street. A wagon and several Model T Ford automobiles are also in the picture.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10030
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Business districts--Maine--Fort Kent
Businesses--Maine--Fort Kent
Fort Kent (Me.)--Description and views--Photographs
Fort Kent (Me.)--Views
Main Street, downtown Fort Kent
Image
circa 1910
33.2 cm x 22.9 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10030.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Main Street, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:10031
2024-02-24T09:26:02Z
contributor:fkhs
Cutting the Fish River Railroad through the Mountains of Northern Maine to the Fort Kent Mills. Dynamite was used to blast through the mountain then the debris was cleared by hand.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10031
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Bangor & Aroostook Railroad
Railroads--Maine
Fish River (Me.)
Rivers--Maine
Building the Fish River Railroad
Image
1902-07-18
40.4 cm x 50.8 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10031.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fish River, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1902-07-18
oai:mainememory.net:10117
2024-02-24T09:26:02Z
contributor:fkhs
Dam on Fish River at Fort Kent Mill Company.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10117
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Sawmills--Maine--Fort Kent
Fort Kent Mill Company (Me.)
Fish River (Me.)--Photographs
Dams--Maine--Fort Kent
Mills
Dam, Fish River, 1910
Image
circa 1910
15.4 cm x 24 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10117.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fish River, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:10119
2024-02-24T09:26:02Z
contributor:fkhs
View of the Fish River with the Fort Kent Mill Company in the background, ca. 1900.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10119
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Fort Kent Mill Company (Me.)--Photographs
Rivers--Maine
Fish River (Me.)--Photographs
Sawmills--Maine--Fort Kent
Mills
Fort Kent Mill Company, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
13.5 cm x 24 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10119.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fish River, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:10120
2024-02-24T09:26:02Z
contributor:fkhs
A horse-drawn hearse leads Mrs. P. A. Daigles funeral procession up Main Street, Fort Kent.
Many mourners follow the hearse.
Saint Louis Convent can be seen in the background and the train platform is on the left.
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10120
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Fort Kent (Me.)--Description and views
Fort Kent (Me.)--Views
Funerals--Maine--Fort Kent
Daigle, P. A.
Funeral procession, Fort Kent, 1912
Image
1912-07-12
14.5 cm x 19.5 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10120.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Main Street, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
1912-07-12
oai:mainememory.net:10028
2024-02-24T09:26:04Z
contributor:fkhs
This gasoline powered vehicle, the Fairmont Speeder, was used by the Bangor and Aroostook Railraod in the 1950s and 1960s.
It was built by Fairmont Railway Motors Inc. of Fairmont, Minnesota.
The Speeders were replaced in the 1980s with the more flexible Hi-Rail trucks that could transport more men and equipment and ran on both roads and rails.
Metal
http://www.mainememory.net/item/10028
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Bangor and Aroostook Railroad--Equipment and supplies
Fairmont Gas Engine and Railway Motorcar Company (Fairmont, Minn.)
Railroads--Maine--Equipment and supplies
Railroad cars--United States--Maine
Fairmont Speeder
Physical Object
circa 1950
165 cm x 160 cm x 145 cm
http://media.mainememory.net/images/150/75/10028.JPG
Fort Kent Historical Society
Fort Kent Historical Society, Fort Kent, Aroostook County, ME, USA
circa 1950