Keywords: Dirt roads
Item 149923
A dirt road from Eastport to Meddybemps Lake, ca. 1900
Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Media: Film negative
Item 149924
A dirt road en route from Eastport to Meddybemps Lake, ca. 1900
Courtesy of John Howard, an individual partner Date: circa 1900 Media: Lantern slide, hand colored
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"From there County Road went to the meadow onto Eastern Road, part of the Eastern Trail today, then meandered up over Scottow’s Hill and down the…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"Farmers would keep a horse and wagon for backup in case roads were impassable for an automobile. Auto racing began soon after the construction of the…"
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
Story
A first encounter with Bath and its wonderful history
by John Decker
Visiting the Maine Maritime Museum as part of a conference
