Maine Memory Network

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 3 of 3

"Green was caught in the debris. The locomotive and the cars had crashed and slid to the bank of the river. It took three hours to free Green."

Lincoln, Maine - Gordon's Fox Farms

"… a long drive, but I’m sure that if you took the car and some furs to sell on the way for gas, you can get there fine.” “Now that wouldn’t help your…"

Lincoln, Maine - Thomas G. Libby

"… city with its vast fleet of vessels, steamers and cars, everything that my eyes beheld was a continual panorama of a new life.” When he left he had…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"The old gymnasium was converted to a classroom. Guilford High School Orchestra, 1942Guilford Historical Society On August 29, 1958, Maine…"

Historic Hallowell - The Opening & Closing of Hallowell's Shoe Companies

"They stayed for five years and invented the car horn. After the O’Brien Electrophone Company moved out, the Johnson Shoe Factory moved in and took…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Day 1

"Like cars, and homes. The weathermen were warning people that the storm was going to last the rest of the week."

Surry by the Bay - Nineteenth Century

"… liquor, and load it onto Old Packard touring cars. Cruising down the Neck minus their headlights, the drivers would secure their cargo, and slip…"

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…"

Surry by the Bay - Early Twentieth Century

"… shipyards in South Portland, Bath and Connecticut. One or two cars drove around the village tooting their horns. That was about it. Next Page"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - V. Changing times: the Swan’s Island Ferry

"It was now possible for islanders to take a car to the mainland, run errands, and return on the same day."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"(Lee) McCorison. It fit four passenger cars and crossed the bay in a half hour. The scow transported the first locally owned car to leave the island…"

Lubec, Maine - Parade, Pins and Pageantry, 1911

"… at Church and Main, and appears to be a float and car posed for the parade Centennial Celebration float, Lubec, 1911 Lubec Historical Society…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 1 of 2

"The engine was usually a gasoline car engine. A belt ran from the engine pulley to a hauling winch; and as long as the engine was running, the winch…"

Westport Island History Committee

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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."

Historic Hallowell - Ice Storm Interviews - Page 2 of 2

"… of trees in our yard that we couldn’t get our cars out of our garage because the trees had fallen across the garage."

Lubec, Maine - Building the Roosevelt Bridge to Campobello - Page 1 of 3

"However she observed the ceremony from a car. Mrs. Roosevelt died less than three months later on November 7."

Historic Hallowell - Hurricanes Of 1954 - Stories and Timelines

"Also a family of 10 was trapped on top of their car by the flood waters. A human chain of rescuers were able to save 9 of them but an 8 year old girl…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"… school down to and across the brook; the little cars ran by gravity. The purpose of this railroad escapes reason – perhaps it was just for fun."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Brick Inn

"They took the cars immediately after for a bridal tour – as, of course they must go the whole figure if it was cold weather – they returned in ten…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - National Community Christmas Tree - 1959

"… School Shop class for transport to the railroad car. Cutting tree, Presque Isle, October, 1959Presque Isle Historical Society Snow adds to…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Discover the Story of Blue Hill - Page 2 of 4

"… at the top of the hill and transported on cable cars down a track to a massive stone wharf where it was loaded on ships with a derrick."

Guilford, Maine - Modern History: 1966 to Present

"… enlarged; a furniture business expanded, a new car wash was constructed and the 16 units demolished in the flood were replaced with 24 new…"

Lincoln, Maine - Other Early Hospitals

"Unfortunately, on the way home, Jack was in a car accident. It was not bad, his vehicle was well-built, but it did send him to the hospital."