Keywords: 1920s Transportation
Item 105875
Main Street, Wiscasset, ca. 1925
Contributed by: Penobscot Marine Museum Date: circa 1925 Location: Wiscasset Media: Glass Plate Negative
Item 23897
Contributed by: Owls Head Transportation Museum Date: 1923 Location: Owls Head Media: Metal
Exhibit
After the canoe, steamboats became the favored method of transportation on Moosehead Lake. They revolutionized movement of logs and helped promote tourism in the region.
Exhibit
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4
"It ceased operation in the 1920s and the building moved.(5) It was later burned down as a training exercise for firefighters."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4
"Transportation Andy, grade 6 Student transportation, also known as the school bus, has been very important in Scarborough for may years."
