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Item 82216

J. C. Robicheaw & Sons seat delivery, Westbrook, ca. 1940

Contributed by: Walker Memorial Library Date: circa 1940 Location: Westbrook Media: Photographic print

Item 17998

Bangor and Aroostook Railroad intermodal transfer facility, ca. 1965

Contributed by: Oakfield Historical Society Date: circa 1965 Media: Photographic print

Item 20725

3 ton REO truck, Houlton, ca. 1935

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1935 Location: Houlton Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 86747

Shelter for trucks, Merrills Wharf, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: The Twitchell Champlin Company Use: Shelter for trucks

Item 36570

48 Pleasant Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Martin S O'Hare Use: Public Garage

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 151350

Grand Truck Railway Terminal, Portland, 1910

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1910 Location: Portland Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Online Exhibits

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Riverside Hotel, at Popham Beach, Phippsburg, ca. 1910

Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye

The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.

Exhibit

Pulp pile, St. Croix Paper Co., Woodland, ca. 1910

Making Paper, Making Maine

Paper has shaped Maine's economy, molded individual and community identities, and impacted the environment throughout Maine. When Hugh Chisholm opened the Otis Falls Pulp Company in Jay in 1888, the mill was one of the most modern paper-making facilities in the country, and was connected to national and global markets. For the next century, Maine was an international leader in the manufacture of pulp and paper.

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The Trolley Parks of Maine

At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.

Site Pages

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Bath's Historic Downtown - Ledyard Block

"… Fire Department was built on, which housed the #8 truck and the City of Bath water tanks. James C. Ledyard was also personally asked by Mr."

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

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4

"McCann and Sons, a company that built fire trucks. The company was founded in Portland in 1872, and at one time was only one of seven such companies…"

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Protection of clams in the Town of Scarborough, 1853

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 2 of 4

"The sea, or hen, clam was trucked in from Wildwood, New Jersey. The hen clam became central to the factory’s operation, necessitating a need for more…"