2024-03-29T08:22:00Z
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oai:mainememory.net:27651
2017-07-05T17:55:34Z
contributor:hampdenhs
The bridge connected the west end of Elm Street to what is known today as Laskey Lane.
Workers at the J & B Crosby Company papermill used the bridge to reach their boarding house that was across the Sowadabscot from the mill.
This bridge was referred to as the Crosby Dudley Bridge.
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Narrative bridge near oll paper mill #0678
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Pedestrian bridges--Maine--Hampden
Bridge, Elm Street West, Hampden, 1891
Image
1891
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1891
oai:mainememory.net:29094
2017-07-13T08:41:11Z
contributor:hampdenhs
The L.E. Norris home at 89 Main Rd. North in Hampden. Dr. Louis E. Norris was one of three physicians living in Hampden by 1904.
Photographic print
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89 Main Road North
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Dwellings--Maine--Hampden
Physicians--Maine--Hampden
Houses--Maine--Hampden
Norris, Louis E.
L. E. Norris house, Hampden ca. 1890
Image
circa 1890
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1890
oai:mainememory.net:27778
2018-05-24T08:34:59Z
contributor:hampdenhs
<em>SS Gypsie</em> was built in the early 1880s in Bangor. It was the first excursion boat on the Penobscot River with the Hampden Steamboat Wharf at the end of Ferry Street being one of the stops.
This photograph was taken in the 1890s and shows the Gypsie traveling west from Orrington to Hampden.
Photographic print
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The Gypsie #0685
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Ferries--Maine
Gypsie (Boat)
Penobscot River (Me.)
Sightseers--Maine--Hampden
Steamboats--Maine
Steamship Gypsie, entering the Sowadabscook Stream, ca. 1895
Image
circa 1895
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1895
oai:mainememory.net:27751
2018-10-18T08:28:17Z
contributor:hampdenhs
Unknown
This wharf was a stop on the Bangor to Boston steamship line as well as Penobscot Bay stops. The Boston and Bangor Steam Ship Company was established in 1883 by a group of Boston merchants. The wharf was located at the foot of Ferry Street.
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Boston Bangor Steam Ship Co. Hampden Wharf
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Rivers--Maine
Steamboat lines--Atlantic Ocean
Penobscot River (Me.)
Piers & wharves--Maine--Hampden
Boston & Bangor Steamship Co.--Facilities
Transportation--Maine
Transportation--Massachusetts
Ferries--Maine
Ferries--Massachusetts
Wharf of the Boston and Bangor Steamship Company, Hampden, 1916
Image
1916
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1916
oai:mainememory.net:28026
2018-10-18T08:28:21Z
contributor:hampdenhs
This photograph shows the river entrance to Riverside Park which provided popular summertime entertainments from 1898 to 1916. Notice the peaked structure over the bridge spanning the deep ravine and the electrical wires.
A newspaper advertisement claimed, "Riverside:12,000 people at the park yesterday. Nothing like it ever known in Eastern Maine."
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Riverside Park Wharf
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Riverside Park (Hampden, Me.)
Parks--Maine--Hampden
Penobscot River (Me.)
Rivers--Maine
Amusement parks--Maine--Hampden
Bridges--Maine--Hampden
Riverside Park river entrance, Hampden, ca. 1905
Image
circa 1905
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1905
oai:mainememory.net:28033
2018-10-18T08:28:21Z
contributor:hampdenhs
Unknown
In 1919 the four-master <em>Katherine May</em> became the last sailing ship built on the Penobscot at East Hampden. Steamboats were slowly replacing schooners on the river at the end of the 1800s.
No schooners had been built in Hampden since 1872, but so many ships were put into service for World War I that there was a shortage of working ships. A group of rivermen from Bangor and Brewer formed the Bangor Shipbuilding Company in April 1918. That company built the <em>Katherine May</em> to help relieve the shortage.
Louis Dort, a descendant of Frank Hardy, the <em>Katherine May's</em> first captain, reports that during construction automobiles had to drive under the bow sprit as they passed the shipyard in East Hamdpen.
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Ships Katherine May
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Sailing ships--Maine--Hampden
Shipyards--Maine--Hampden
Ships--Maine--Hampden
Katherine May (Ship)
Hardy, Frank
'Katherine May,' Hampden, 1919
Image
circa 1919
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1919
oai:mainememory.net:28115
2018-10-18T08:28:22Z
contributor:hampdenhs
This was the second schooner named <em>Victory</em> built in Hampden shipyards; the first built in 1813 was broken up in 1836, the vessel shown here was built in 1818. Her dimensions were as follows length seventy one feet and eleven inches, breadth twenty two feet seven and a half inches depth seven feet six inches. She had a square stern two masts and no figure head and measured one hundred and four tons.
Between 1793 and 1872 eighty-eight significant vessels were built at Hampden shipyards--seventy-four schooners, three ships, one bark, nine brigs and one sloop as well as other small schooners and sloops.
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http://www.mainememory.net/item/28115
Ships--Victory
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Schooners--Maine
Merchant ships--Maine
Victory (Ship)
Ships--Maine
Shipbuilding--Maine--Hampden
Shipyards--Maine--Hampden
The schooner Victory, Hampden, ca. 1898
Image
circa 1898
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1898
oai:mainememory.net:29095
2018-10-18T08:28:33Z
contributor:hampdenhs
Taken from the back of Dr. L. E. Norris' house at 89 Main Rd. North in Hampden, looking toward Route 1A. The hammocks were hung on the north side of the house. Dr. L. E. Norris is in the center rocking chair.
Photographic print
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89 Main Road North side yard
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Norris, Louis E.--Friends & associates--Maine--Hampden
Physicians--Maine--Hampden
Hammocks (Furniture)--Maine--Hampden
Backyards--Maine--Hampden
Norris, Louis E.--Family
Norris, Louis E.
L. E. Norris, Hampden, ca. 1904
Image
circa 1904
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobsoct County, ME, USA
circa 1904
oai:mainememory.net:27635
2023-03-12T08:29:52Z
contributor:hampdenhs
John Crosby presented land on Main Road North for the Congregational Church in 1834 and in December of 1835 the building was dedicated.
Before that time Hampden Congregationalists worshiped in Hampden Academy.
At the dedication ceremony the clerk wrote, "Our house of worship, recently erected, was this day dedicated to the worship of God the Father, Son and Holy Ghost. It was severly cold and blusterous. Very few of the ministers invited were able to attend."
Benjamin Crosby's 1873 will left a trust of about $12,000 to the church.
Photographic print
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HCC #0679--Crosby
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Congregational churches--Maine--Hampden
Crosby, Benjamin
Crosby, John
Hampden Congregational Church, Hampden, 1893
Image
1893
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
1893
oai:mainememory.net:27649
2024-02-24T09:28:35Z
contributor:hampdenhs
Hampden citizens changed the name of this post office three times between 1852 and 1909. It was established as South Hampden on April 26, 1852, Charles P. Fifeld was the 1st Postmaster. Name changed to Hampden Corner, February 24, 1853 and to Hampden Highlands on July 22, 1909.
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Narrative Post Office Hampden Highlands #296
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Post offices--Maine--Hampden
Postal service employees--Maine--Hampden
Postmasters--Maine--Hampden
Garland, Cecil
Smith, Winifred
Stevenson, Henry
Swett, Donald
Swett, Helen
Hampden Highlands Post Office, ca. 1908
Image
circa 1908
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Hampden Historical Society
Hampden Highlands Post Office, Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1908
oai:mainememory.net:27650
2024-02-24T09:28:35Z
contributor:hampdenhs
The 1904 Hampden Register lists B.W. Hardy, hardware, tinware, paints and oils; Ella E. Rowe, groceries and fancy goods, millinery, drugs, boots and shoes. All building shown in this photograph were destroyed by fire in 1912. Hampden's Upper Corner refers to the area around present day Western Avenue (Route 9) and Main Road North (Rt. 1-A)
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Upper Corner businessesB/9 #307
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Stores & shops--Maine--Hampden
Buildings--Maine--Hampden
Hardware stores--Maine--Hampden
Grocery stores--Maine--Hampden
Hardy, B. W.
Rowe, Ella E.
Upper Corner businesses, Hampden, ca. 1904
Image
circa 1904
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Hampden Historical Society
Upper Corner, Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1904
oai:mainememory.net:28024
2024-02-24T09:28:38Z
contributor:hampdenhs
The open-air trolley carried patrons two tenths of a mile from the Main Road to Riverside Park for 20 cents. The price of the ride included admission to the park.
Riverside Park operated from 1898 to 1916 and besides vaudeville and musical acts it had a bowling alley, a dance hall, a merry-go-round, swings, shooting galley, baseball throw, exhibit booths, movies and picnic areas. There were even alligators and snakes in covered pools.
Photographic print
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Riverside Park Trolly
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Amusement parks--Maine--Hampden
Parks--Maine--Hampden
Riverside Park (Hampden, Me.)
Street railroads--Maine--Hampden
Bangor, Hampden and Winterport trolley, Hampden, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
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Hampden Historical Society
Riverside Park, Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:28025
2024-02-24T09:28:38Z
contributor:hampdenhs
Riverside Park operated from 1898 to 1916. The stage was covered, but the audience sat in the open. Note the bass drum which most likely belonged to the Bangor Band. They played on Sunday afternoons between the featured act's matinee and evening performances.
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Riverside Park stage
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Amusement parks--Maine--Hampden
Riverside Park (Hampden, Me.)
Parks--Maine--Hampden
Stages (Platforms)--Maine--Hampden
Theater audiences--Maine--Hampden
Riverside Park stage, Hampden, ca. 1910
Image
circa 1910
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Hampden Historical Society
Riverside Park, Hampden, Penobcot County, ME, USA
circa 1910
oai:mainememory.net:28029
2024-02-24T09:28:38Z
contributor:hampdenhs
Riverside Park opened in June, 1898 on the high banks of the Penobscot River at Hampden. People could enter the park by canoe or boat from a slip at the river's edge. After docking their boats people climbed a flight of stairs and crossed a ravine to the park entrance.
Photographic print
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Riverside Park from canoe #6
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Riverside Park (Hampden, Me.)
Parks--Maine--Hampden
Penobscot River (Me.)
Rivers--Maine
Amusement parks--Maine--Hampden
The entrance to Riverside Park from the Penobscot, Hampden, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
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Hampden Historical Society
Riverside Park, Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1900
oai:mainememory.net:28031
2024-02-24T09:28:38Z
contributor:hampdenhs
Patrons of Riverside Park could access the park from the Penobscot River by canoe or boat. This is a view of the Penobscot River from the entrance to Riverside Park
Photographic print
http://www.mainememory.net/item/28031
Riverside Park #8
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Bicycles & tricycles--Maine--Hampden
Amusement parks--Maine--Hampden
Rivers--Maine
Penobscot River (Me.)
Parks--Maine--Hampden
Riverside Park (Hampden, Me.)
Penobscot River from Riverside Park, Hampden, ca. 1900
Image
circa 1900
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Hampden Historical Society
Riverside Park, Hampden, Penobscot County, ME, USA
circa 1900