Maine Memory Network

Blue Hill, Maine - Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907

"Buggy Ride to South Blue Hill, 1907 Contributed by Blue Hill Public Library Description Rusticators on a summer ride to South Blue Hill in…"

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

"… Society Description Horse and buggy complete with rider shaded by an umbrella shown on Main Street, Lincoln, prior to paved roads…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison Industries

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

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… southern end was an all-day journey by horse and buggy. With the legalization of the automobile in 1933, many of these settlements faded away, but…"

Lincoln, Maine - Steamboats

"… main means of transportation besides horse and buggy, railroads, and ferries. Steamboats were also used to carry items like lumber."

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"It is faster than horse and buggy and way more efficient than walking. Cars have also improved the time of travel for transportation."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - The Old Ell is Born

"Reflecting the permanent shift from the horse and buggy era to the automobile era, in 1939, his son Richard would dismantle the big barn, and, with…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"… delivery began to take place, first by horse and buggy, later by delivery truck. These businesses proliferated during the '40s and '50s, when…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"… of three summer colonies that the horse and buggy became popular. The automobile was banned from the island until 1933."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"… to the railroad station, often using horse-drawn buggies for transportation. Liveries were common in the age of the railroad, and a large one was…"