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Description
A postcard showing a station platform for the Boston and Maine Railroad. Three sets of trolley tracks are visible in the main street. Note the X marked on the postcard: "Fire started here". This refers to the Great Fire at Old Orchard that occurred on August 15, 1907.
About This Item
- Title: Old Orchard Railroad Walk, ca. 1907
- Creation Date: circa 1907
- Subject Date: circa 1907
- Location: Old Orchard Beach, York County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 14 cm
- Collection: O.R. Cummings Postcard Collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Electric railroads--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Street railroads--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Portland Road (Old Orchard Beach, Me.)
- Biddeford & Saco Railroad Company
- Boston and Maine Railroad
- Railroad stations--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Fires--Maine--Old Orchard Beach
- Old Orchard Beach (Me.)--Fires, 1907
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Seashore Trolley MuseumPO Box A, Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport, ME 04046
(207) 967-2800
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