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Keywords: Trolleys
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Item 51319
Title: Trolleys on Main Street, Saco, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Dyer Library Archives / Saco Museum
Date: circa 1920
Location: Saco
Media: photograph
Item 12536
Title: Trolleys, Old Orchard Beach, 1907
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1907-07-21
Location: Old Orchard Beach
Media: Glass negative
Item 28819
Title: Trolleys and hotel, Rockland ca. 1898
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum
Date: circa 1898
Location: Rockland
Media: Postcard
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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.
