Keywords: wagon
Item 15436
Taber wagon with potato barrels, Caribou, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Caribou; Houlton Media: Digital photograph
Item 10867
Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard
Item 76898
28 St. Lawrence Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Arthur A. Griggs Use: Dwelling - Four Family
Item 39015
632-652 Congress Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Devisees of James Cunningham Use: Hotel
Item 151335
The Checkley House, Scarborough, 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Location: Scarborough Client: unknown Architect: John Calvin Stevens
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
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.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Horse and Wagon, Lincoln, ca. 1900
"Horse and Wagon, Lincoln, ca. 1900 Contributed by Lincoln Historical Society Description Two men with a horse and wagon in Lincoln."
Site Page
John Martin: Expert Observer - Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865
"Joseph Mitchell and Mutual Store wagon, Bangor, 1865 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description John…"
Story
A Smart Horse
by Lynn Peasley Sanborn
The horse brings the hay home while the boys are swimming.
Story
My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham
A story about my father and our family.
