Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"Cars and trucks are made differently. Cars and trucks are made more professionally, and they can be very luxurious."

Seashore Trolley Museum

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John Martin: Expert Observer - First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889

"First electric railroad car in Bangor, 1889 Contributed by Maine Historical Society and Maine State Museum Description The first electric…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Aroostook Valley R.R., Presque Isle, ca. 1939

"Car #52 now is at Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport. Reproduction of an earlier postcard. View additional information about this item on the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 3 of 3

"Another old car that’s not in business today is the Citroen. The Citroen was the first foreign made car to be sold in Aroostook County."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 1 of 3

"After I stopped working for the dairy farm, I worked cleaning cars and as a grease monkey. Also at night I would go down to Carroll’s and under-coat…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 1 of 2

"… him about what kind of damage was done to the car he said “the damage done to the cars included Ice build up and broken windshields”."

Lincoln, Maine - Eastern Manufacturing Company, Lincoln, ca. 1920 - Page 1 of 2

"… is a conveyor belt that put wood in a box car and shipped it to Brewer. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales - Page 2 of 3

"The average car cost about$2,500 dollars. Most cars back then were standard shift and had no radio. In fact, cars were so cheap back then that people…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales Buildings

"… and students Carroll’s Auto Sales is the oldest car dealer in Presque Isle. Skippy Carroll first established it in 1957, on the corner of Jordan…"

Lincoln, Maine - View of Lincoln from Ballard Hill, ca. 1913

"The identity of the lady driving the car is unknown but the car may be a Maxwell. This picture postcard was taken between 1913 and 1922, before…"

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

"Some time after Portland became electrified in the 1880s, the horse cars were converted to electrics or “trolleys.” By the early 1900s, electricity…"

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"… All current residents of Lincoln know the car dealership on the West side of North Main Street as Cole-Whitney Ford."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Water Transportation

"It could carry four passenger cars. Governor Brann Ferry, aerial view, ca. 1950Islesboro Historical Society The first public ferry boat, the…"

Lincoln, Maine - W.A. Brown: Jack of all trades

"… to my life today because we have at least four car dealerships in Lincoln and without the first car dealership we might not have a dealer at all."

Oakfield Historical Society

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Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - You Can Get Here From There

"You Can Get Here From There Before cars were allowed on Mount Desert Island, steamboats were the primary mode of transportation to Mount Desert."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Growing Up in Masardis - Page 3 of 4

"… bus for a little ways before an Ashland bus would pick her up from there. They also had to walk to church. The family didn’t really use the car."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"… a bulk truck to a Bangor and Aroostook gondola car. In the 1970s, potato farmers in Aroostook County grew sugar beets as a rotation crop with…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Of 1937

"The total numbers of cars that went off the rails were three. One rolled in to Mr. Frank Moore’s home next to the library and caused very little…"

Historic Hallowell - Train Wreck Poem

"… named Kevin All at once with a groan Three train cars jumped alone Two cars stayed nearby The third however wanted to fly Into the library with a…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Lowell's General Store, Commerce, & the Railroad

"It is written that in the early 1890’s, “one car Royal Gem, one car Taylor’s Fancy Patent, just received direct form the mills and to be sold very…"

Historic Hallowell - Day 4 - Page 1 of 3

"For heat some people sat in their cars which is a big danger because you might get carbon monoxide poisoning."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading ice, Presque Isle Stream, 1946

"… cool Bangor and Aroostook Railroad refrigerator cars for shipping potatoes. Cement blocks were manufactured in the small building on the left."