Keywords: Horse and Wagon
Item 111779
Taber wagon with horses and farm laborers, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: 1910 Location: Houlton Media: photographic print
Item 10882
Taber Wagon, Houlton, ca. 1909
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard
Item 151335
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Horse and Wagon, Lincoln, ca. 1900
"Horse and Wagon, Lincoln, ca. 1900 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Two men with a horse and wagon in Lincoln."
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
A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn
The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.
