Maine Memory Network

Presque Isle: The Star City - Loading sugar beets, Aroostook County, ca. 1975

"… Description Sugar beets being loaded from a bulk truck to a Bangor and Aroostook gondola car. In the 1970s, potato farmers in Aroostook County…"

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

"… page 10 that shows two young men loading a potato truck was taken on the Myron Gartley Farm in Presque Isle in 1976, about the time Mr Gartley…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Carroll's Auto Sales Buildings

"At first, Skippy sold all kinds of used cars and trucks. A few years later, he purchased the Brewer Chevrolet franchise and facilities in 1961."

Patten Lumbermen's Museum

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Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 2 of 5

"The town got an International Fire Truck in 1956. This truck had a 750 midship pump, an 800 gallon tank with two booster reels, and other necessary…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond

"… you would load the ice on the wagon or into the truck and off you would go.” “Then my father bought a truck to haul the ice."

Presque Isle: The Star City - Presque Isle’s Historic Fire Station

"… was built in 1950 to house the larger ladder trucks. When the municipal offices relocated next door in 1960, the building continued to serve as the…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Harvesting Potatoes - Page 5 of 13

"The unpicked potatoes would be in the way of the truck passing through to unload empty barrels or to pick up full ones."

Millinocket Fire Department

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Historic Hallowell - The Hallowell Union Fire Club

"… just without the new technology of fire trucks and water hoses of today. After horrible fires were fought, firefighters and local citizens would…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"… awarded to the fire department with the best kept trucks, pumps, or anything along those lines. Host Muster Ribbon, Fire Association…"

Historic Hallowell - Ice Harvesting on Cascade Pond ~ A Family Affair

"… Free Library Then my father bought a truck to haul the ice. That was a sad day for us boys because you used to hitch your sleds to the ice wagons…"

Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T

"Cars and trucks are made differently. Cars and trucks are made more professionally, and they can be very luxurious."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - The Bridge That Changed The Map

"Cargo truck accident, Strong, ca. 1915Strong Historical Society This bridge was completed in 1857 and served Strong for nearly 65 years."

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

"… salesman with the latest footwear, the vegetable truck, the dairy wagon and even the local merchant who arrived in a large panel truck, laden with…"

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

"… School builds the frame to secure the tree on the truck and railroad flatcar. Santa and crew ready to cut tree, Presque Isle, 1953Presque Isle…"

Historic Hallowell - The Tiger and the Lion

"… machine was built to be hauled by a horse team or truck. The Tiger had a team of forty people who pumped water into the hose and onto the fire."

Highlighting Historical Hampden - Bob's Bears

"… arrived in two vehicles, one a sort of pick-up truck with a cage attached on the body and the other a small "two-bear trailer" pulled behind a car."

Guilford, Maine - BUSINESSES - Page 2 of 3

"… the Pennsylvania stockyards into Dover and were trucked up to the Slaughterhouse. They also went to auctions in Exeter and Corinna and local…"

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Ocean View Hotel

"The dances raised money for the first island fire truck. In addition to taking in guests, she ran a pie shop and sold ice cream."

Lincoln, Maine - Ferries

"… larger and holds much more weight, such as big trucks and car carriers, woods equipment, cars, trucks, etc."

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"… Lincoln, the train was used to transport a fire truck. The building burned, but the people were amazed at the speed of the train."

Guilford, Maine - EVENTS - Page 1 of 3

"… Guilford Fire Department bought their first fire truck, a 1931 Ford, which is still used in parades today."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - "Fly Rod" Crosby - Page 2 of 3

"… with the introduction of the automobile and trucking industry, ridership began to decline. In 1936 the railroad disbanded, ripped up the tracks…"