Keywords: Motor cars
Item 15019
1905 Pierce Great Arrow, photographed at Seal Cove Auto Museum, ca. 2005
Contributed by: Seal Cove Auto Museum Date: 1904 Location: Seal Cove Media: Metal and Rubber
Item 35045
State Motor Co. vehicles, Portland, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1938 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 54513
Assessor's Record, 343-349 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Miles B. Mank Motor Car Company Use: Runway
Item 70588
73-77 Preble Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Miles B. Mank Motor Car Company Use: Auto Salesroom
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
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.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors
"Mr. Allie Webber owned Gateway Motors/Casino Motors. Buck Motors was built in 1939 and was owned by Roy Buck and his two sons, Myron and Bryon."
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T
"Isaiah Kafka "Compare and contrast your topic in the past and in the present" Cars are made and look a lot different today then they were when they…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
