Maine Memory Network

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…"

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."

Blue Hill, Maine - The Musical Culture of Blue Hill

"… the operetta on board the yacht Shawna with car headlights from shore providing the lighting and student musicians providing music from a nearby…"

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…"

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…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"… By 1902 Scarborough had electricity, and electric cars (trolleys) replaced horsecars. There was great excitement that July when the rails of the…"

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."

Westport Island History Committee

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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."

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…"

Blue Hill, Maine - In Search of the Rustic Life

"… the transportation would transition to buses and cars. The Rockland, Blue Hill, Ellsworth Steamboat Company, which later became part of the Eastern…"

Guilford, Maine - BUILDINGS - Page 3 of 5

"… back in time on the beautiful covered bridge by car or driving ATV. Winter or Summer you can always enjoy the view."

Lincoln, Maine - Aaron Woodbury

"… around town, because he wouldn’t even know what a car is. If I had to live in the time Aaron Woodbury lived in, I would have to invent all the…"

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…"

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…"

Mercy Hospital - Mercy & the Community

"… nights sleeping on the hospital floor or in her car. The family accrued over $250,000 in debt to pay for his care."

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…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould

"The engines and passenger cars were sold to collectors and the track lanes are now snowmobile trails."

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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