Maine Memory Network

Lincoln, Maine - Gateway Motors

"Mr. Allie Webber owned Gateway Motors/Casino Motors. Buck Motors was built in 1939 and was owned by Roy Buck and his two sons, Myron and Bryon."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook GP-38, Presque Isle, 1991

"… engine 94, the last GP-38 purchased from General Motors Electro-motive Division (EMD), was delivered in September 1967."

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1920

"The next building is Gateway Motors which is now Cole Whitney. The next is the home of a dentist, Dr. Charles Fuller."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"… Historical Society/MaineToday Media Fishermen aboard Herb Pick's motor boat, Portland, 1923Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 3 of 13

"THE DIGGER EVOLVES Digger with Motor This one-row digger was entered in the Mapleton Days parade in June, 2009 X In the 1930s some diggers had a…"

Historic Hallowell - “Maine’s Century” Ends

"Railroads and motor vehicles replaced Kennebec River steamboat traffic just as the granite industry gave way to concrete and steel."

Historic Hallowell - Basic Fire Fighting Technology

"… 4, 1918, Augusta needed Hallowell's help since motorized equipment was first installed in Hallowell.The fire department used lots of technology…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Eddie's Market

"The store was purchased from Peterson’s Motor Mart of Fort Fairfield. Sources: Graves III, Richard A. Forgotten Times: A Walk Through History."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Founding of Acadia National Park

"… within the park, were open to walkers, bicycles, skiers and, of course, carriages -- but no motor vehicles. Twentieth-Century Community Life"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… category was for people who owned cars or some motorized, old, mechanical machine. Most contests were between teams of firemen."

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

"… Auto Sales During World War II, General Motors was making just enough cars to stay in business because they were making tanks to help the war…"

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

"After the move we sold all General Motors cars except Pontiac. I started working as a clean-up boy part time."

Oakfield Historical Society

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Historic Clothing Collection - Outerwear 1900-1930

"… four button cream cotton summer (possibly motoring) coat with blue velvet collar, lapels and cuffs; of a later date, a light, loose, collarless…"

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… preceding years, with his dinghy and its outboard motor. Fifteen gleeful youngsters, only three of whom would live.* Including nine-year-old Miriam…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"… later he became a service manager of the Casino Motor Company. On August 25, 1935 he was promoted to General Manager."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 8 of 13

"… a button on the loader grip to run an electric motor that will hoist the barrel onto the truck body."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 1 of 4

"… have replaced wooden bushel baskets; and outboard motor boats have replaced the rowboats once used to reach the flats across the river."

Maine Conservation Corps

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Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 3 of 4

"… to pull its equipment until purchasing its first motorized vehicle in 1929. A Musical Culture. The stage was set for Blue Hill to emerge as a…"

Lincoln, Maine - The Stanislaus Family

"… Francis Stanislaus in town when he owned Casino Motors. That business also gave lots of jobs in town."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 3 of 4

"… skiff later adapted for use with an outboard motor. By 1910 engines began replacing sails and oars in lobster boats."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"It ceased operation as a motor court with the advent of World War II and gas rationing, and the Government converted the units to housing for South…"

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Other Recreation

"Before motors were made the Maine guides had to row wooden boats and canoes a lot around the local ponds and lakes."