Keywords: Autos of 1913
Item 28720
Dorcas Society Fair, Hollis, 1913
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1913 Location: Hollis Media: Photographic print
Item 15128
1913 Peugeot, photographed at Seal Cove Auto Museum, ca. 2005
Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: 1913 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal and Rubber
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The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.
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Immigration is one of the most debated topics in Maine. Controversy aside, immigration is also America's oldest tradition, and along with religious tolerance, what our nation was built upon. Since the first people--the Wabanaki--permitted Europeans to settle in the land now known as Maine, we have been a state of immigrants.
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"The first auto race in the United States was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began…"
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Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"Louise Barker in 1913. In August of 1921, Lewis Swett died. Shortly before his death the drugstore went out of business."
