Keywords: race car
Item 35456
Race car on Thurlow Hill, Poland, June 17, 1911
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1911-06-17 Location: Poland Media: Photographic print
Item 35462
Stanley Race Car at the Old Orchard Beach Grandstand, September 1911
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1911 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Northern Maine Fair Memories - Page 1 of 3
"Her son, Jimmy one of her five children, started racing in the early 1980’s. Dorothy worked at the racing office about the same time."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"Initially, cars were limited to seasonal use because of poor roads. Few roads were tarred. By 1927, popularity of the automobile forced Scarborough…"
Story
Black Is Beautiful
by Judi Jones
Gut-wrenching fear
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
