Keywords: horse-drawn
Item 31026
Horse drawn vehicle on Main Street, Cumberland, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Phil Chase through Prince Memorial Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Cumberland Media: Photographic print
Item 79335
Horse-drawn carriage leaving the Jameson & Wotton Wharf, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Friendship Museum Date: circa 1910 Location: Friendship Media: Glass Negative
Item 111316
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
Exhibit
History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways
Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.
Exhibit
Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
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Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 6 of 13
"In the horse-drawn digger days of the early 1900s a potato picker could earn 2 or 3 cents for each full barrel."
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Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"A ticket was only $6.00! Horse-drawn wagons were often lined up all the way from the river to the Main Road waiting their turn to off- or on-load…"
