Keywords: United Gas Improvement Company
Item 74854
Electric shock first-aid poster, ca. 1910
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Media: Ink on paper
Item 74853
Electrical first-aid booklet, 1915
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1915 Media: Ink on paper
Exhibit
Sagadahoc County through the Eastern Eye
The Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company of Belfast, Maine. employed photographers who traveled by company vehicle through New England each summer, taking pictures of towns and cities, vacation spots and tourist attractions, working waterfronts and local industries, and other subjects postcard recipients might enjoy. The cards were printed by the millions in Belfast into the 1940s.
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T
"The size and the way cars and/or trucks use up gas has changed a lot, and the price of gas has changed too. Cars and trucks are made differently."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4
"… a motor court with the advent of World War II and gas rationing, and the Government converted the units to housing for South Portland shipyard…"
Story
History of Forest Gardens
by Gary Libby
This is a history of one of Portland's oldest local bars