Maine Memory Network

Oakfield Historical Society

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Stanley Museum

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Seal Cove Auto Museum

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Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2

"… (25 passenger cars, 25 baggage, mail or express cars, 645 box cars, 474 platform cars, and 40 service cars)."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… See a Red Sox game in Boston—easy, hop in your car, drive to Boston via high-speed roads, see the game, and return home the same day."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - III. Boom, bustle, bust: The Steamboat Years to WWII

"Before car use became common, two people on opposite ends of the island could go years without seeing each other. Model T. Ford by E.R."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"A mail route established between Islesboro and Lincolnville transferred mail every Thursday via boat, with an unofficial post office established on…"

Westport Island History Committee

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Guilford, Maine - Special Events

"… for watching the ball game, while hundreds of cars would also park in the outfield. It seems every town had its own team made up of local athletes…"

Guilford, Maine - The Next Fifty Years 1916-1966

"… offering painting, welding and body work on cars. Central Maine Radio Services & Sales was established."

Skowhegan History House

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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"… by horse for many more years, but as prices for cars became more reasonable, livery stables became obsolete."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"… is now progressing, it will be finished and the cars running over it by middle of September. We know little about the Depot buildings, other than…"

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"… for the Regiment to get through it to the cars.” Luther himself remembered the journey from Maine and down into New York in a letter to his father…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… for tuberculosis patients, a public hospital, car dealerships, and the development of Main Street as we know it today."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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