Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - John Mooney, Presque Isle, ca. 1910

"… Description Photograph shows five men on a sleigh. An arrow on the photo accompanies the words "John Moon," with the rest of the name torn off."

Lincoln, Maine - Communication & Transportation

"… of which communicate something interesting about Lincoln's history. Schoolbus sleigh, South Winn, 1925Lincoln Historical Society"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Skyline Farm - Making and Preserving History

"… includes over 100 examples of antique carriage & sleighs and provides educational and recreational programs based on the role of horse-drawn…"

Skyline Farm

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

"… to build wooden wagons, buckboards, buggies and sleighs. This led to the production of harnesses and tack for horses."

Blue Hill Historical Society

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Western Maine Foothills Region - Hugh J. Chisholm, Sr. - Page 1 of 2

"… was not until 1882 that he visited Rumford in a sleigh, on a cold winter’s day. He saw the potential of a commercial venture when he viewed the…"

Early Maine Photography - Landscape Photography - Page 2 of 3

"… display their goods in front of their shops, and sleighs are parked at the sidewalk. Brick commercial blocks at the right are dominated by the new…"

Historic Hallowell - Shipping

"… used to clear limited areas, and most people used sleighs in the winter.” Around the 1950’s or 60’s, shipping stopped on the Kennebec because of…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4

"During the winter months when there was snow, sleigh cars replaced the horse cars. Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 1 of 4

"… dashboard to avoid the water that seeped into the sleigh. Dr. Bell performed an emergency operation, while the driver held a kerosene lamp for him."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"Early settlers arrived by various seacraft (or by sleigh over frozen water) bringing with them all that was necessary to survive."

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"Everything from furniture to sleighs were made from the different types of wood growing nearby. In 1788, the town of Canaan, what is now known as…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… advertised Chase as a "Manufacturer of Carriages, Sleighs and Wheels." Extending from the village center is The Lane, leading to the Loring…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Pinkham, a Farmington wagon, carriage and sleigh builder, came to the Farmington Historical Society from Parkman, a small town in Piscataquis County."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"Carriages, wagons, buckboards, sleighs, and four-runner sleds were driven by one or two horses. Dark Harbor Wharf, Islesboro, 1917Islesboro…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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