Contributed by David Gallagher through Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library
Description
In winter, wagons and horseless carriages are replaced by pungs, long sleds and bobsleds. Some sleds are loaded with potato barrels.
Long sleds have a single set of runners. Bobsleds have shorter pairs of runners in the front and rear. Each pair turn lefts and right independently of the other, making the sled more maneuverable. Each pair of runners on a bobsled can also pivot up and down as the sled is pulled across uneven ground for a smoother, more stable ride than that of a long sled.
About This Item
- Title: Main Street in winter, Presque Isle, ca. 1905
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Location: Presque Isle, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Dimensions: 13 cm x 20 cm
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Stores & shops--Maine--Presque Isle
- Main Street (Presque Isle, Me.)
- Streets--Maine--Presque Isle
- Winter--Maine--Presque Isle
- Sleds & sleighs--Maine--Presque Isle
- Transportation--Maine--Presque Isle
- City & town life--Maine--Presque Isle
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Mark & Emily Turner Memorial Library39 Second Street, Presque Isle, ME 04769
(207) 764-2571
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