Search Results

Historical Items

View All Showing 2 of 85 Showing 3 of 85

Item 70282

Dyar rural school building, Strong, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Item 69477

Rural Free Delivery Driver, Strong, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Strong Historical Society Date: circa 1915 Location: Strong Media: Photographic print

Item 100346

Cross Roads, St. Albans, ca. 1895

Contributed by: St. Albans Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: St. Albans Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

View All Showing 2 of 21 Showing 3 of 21

Exhibit

Motor Coachmen and their Stanley Cars, Poland Spring, 1911

Auto Racing in Maine: 1911

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.

Exhibit

Reading, Writing and 'Rithmetic: Brooklin Schools

When Brooklin, located on the Blue Hill Peninsula, was incorporated in 1849, there were ten school districts and nine one-room school houses. As the years went by, population changes affected the location and number of schools in the area. State requirements began to determine ways that student's education would be handled. Regardless, education of the Brooklin students always remained a high priority for the town.

Site Pages

View All Showing 2 of 55 Showing 3 of 55

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

John Meeker's Ford, Scarborough Beach, ca. 1903

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…"

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Educator Resources

"… Marsh Farmer? Transportation Through the Years Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks People who called…"