Maine Memory Network

Taber Wagon Factory, ca. 1905

Contributed by: Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum Date: circa 1905 Location: Houlton Media: Postcard

Loring Market Wagon, North Yarmouth, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Skyline Farm Date: circa 1910 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Wood, metal

28 St. Lawrence Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Arthur A. Griggs Use: Dwelling - Four Family

Taber Wagon

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

A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

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.

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 7 of 13

"Tabor was named after John Tabor of Houlton who built the wagon in the late 1800s Loading Barrels by Hand, Presque Isle, 1950Presque Isle…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… with a homemade odometer attached to a carriage wheel to calculate distance traveled.(3) At each mile a stake was driven into the ground and a crew…"

My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham

A story about my father and our family.

A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin

As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down