Keywords: Race track
Item 82028
Track Event held for Centennial, Monson, 1922
Contributed by: Monson Historical Society Date: 1922-08-19 Location: Monson Media: Photographic print
Item 70067
Kite Race Track, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library Date: circa 1938 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Linen texture postcard
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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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Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
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Life on a Tidal River - Bass Park: A History of Fillies, Fame, and Fun
"… Soon After Completion X Aerial Photo of Race Track and 1955 Auditorium at Bass Park X 1955 Auditorium Soon After Completion from Buck…"
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2024 Maine History Maker Celebration Event
by Maine Historical Society
Maine Historical Society's 2024 Maine History Maker event, honoring Joan Benoit Samuelson.
