Keywords: carts
Item 8834
Old Fashioned Road Cart, Garland, ca. 1870
Contributed by: Garland Historical Society Date: circa 1870 Location: Garland Media: Photographic print
Item 17253
Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1920 Location: Littleton; Marion Media: Metal, wood
Item 50027
93-95 Elm Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Estate of John F. Proctor Use: Stable & Blacksmith Shop
Item 76898
28 St. Lawrence Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Arthur A. Griggs Use: Dwelling - Four Family
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 Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833
"… while gunning in the woods that I invented a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4
"The teacher rolled a large, bulky projector on a cart into the classroom. The movies were reel-to-reel and usually featured newsreel type…"
Story
Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall
Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
