Keywords: 1930's cars
Item 20757
Washing cars in Madawaska Lake, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Stockholm Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: T16 R4 WELS Media: Photographic print
Item 10029
Bangor and Aroostook Railroad hand car, Aroostook County, ca. 1930
Contributed by: Fort Kent Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
Exhibit
In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview
"… with a population of 14,731 in 1920 and 9,110 in 1930. Bath Iron Works and yachts, Bath, 1931Patten Free Library By 1925, shipbuilding had…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - The Railroad Station
"In that same year, ferries began carrying train cars across the Kennebec River to the Knox and Lincoln railroad line that ran from Woolwich to…"
Story
An enjoyable conference, Portland 2021
by John C. Decker, Danville, Pennsylvania
Some snippets from a 4-day conference by transportation historians in Portland, September 7-11, 2021
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History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
