Keywords: Stage drivers
Item 6717
Fryeburg-Lovell stage, ca. 1888
Contributed by: Lovell Historical Society Date: circa 1888 Location: Fryeburg; Lovell Media: Photographic print
Item 100370
Thad White Bridge on the Webb River, Dixfield, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Dixfield; Mexico Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 9 of 13
"These were operated by the truck driver. Families from the northern part of Aroostook from the Fort Kent, Madawaska, and Van Buren areas would come…"
Site Page
Blue Hill, Maine - A Real Downeast County Fair
"Owners and drivers come from around the country, though the purse is smaller than some, because of its relaxed, authentic atmosphere."
Story
Learning to fly and instructing cadets at West Point during WWII
by Vera Cleaves
West Point during World War II
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars
