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Keywords: Trolley
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Item 66022
Title: "Warning", interior trolley car notice, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum
Date: circa 1920
Location: Portland
Media: Cardboard placard, ink on paper
Item 26826
Title: Portland Railroad trolley car, Portland, 1937
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum
Date: 1937
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 7946
Title: Trolley, Portland, ca. 1895
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1895
Location: Portland
Media: Photoprint
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Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
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Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.
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At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
