Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"The first school bus was purchased that year. In 1952 at a special town meeting on December 26, Islesboro residents voted unanimously to accept “the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957

"Bangor and Aroostook Railroad Bus Service, Presque Isle, 1957 Contributed by Oakfield Historical Society Description In 1957, Bangor and…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"Following a series of meetings, the voters of Guilford approved the purchase of a new fleet of school buses."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Education

"Transportation was now by privately-owned school bus; L. J. York owned a bus that brought students from Mosher and Perham Hills and Wesley Gardner…"

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

"… the bridge, and in high school her dad drove the bus so she would ride his bus for a little ways before an Ashland bus would pick her up from there."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"In Scarborough 350: Linking the Past and The Present Margery Miliken tells about taking the bus to Dunstan School in the 1920s."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Exhibits

"Exhibits Staples brothers waiting for the bus, Swan's Island, ca. 1955Swan's Island Historical Society In creating our exhibits, especially…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"High school students had to pay to ride the local bus for some time before it became free, but even so it was a much needed improvement."

Windham Historical Society

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Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"George road then and was went to school it’s no longer there used to be on school street. Kristen Sawyer: In Thomaston? What town did you live in…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… at Lincoln and transported the rest of the way by bus and taxi. The washout also detoured the freight and passengers being transported from…"

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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