Keywords: Bicycles
Item 14784
Bicycle Club members, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1895 Media: Photographic print
Item 9767
Bicycles at Philpot's Store, Springvale, ca. 1900
Contributed by: Sanford-Springvale Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Sanford Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Site Page
Skowhegan Community History - Skowhegan Then and Now
"… Our movie on Skowhegan Then and Now Bicycle ClubSkowhegan History House This movie was part of our heritage studies."
Site Page
Owls Head Transportation Museum
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Story
Dan Gagne: The story behind Biddeford’s legendary speed skater
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
Stories from a competitive athlete with countless awards and contributions to his community
