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Item 66603
Title: Moody Beach, Wells, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library
Date: circa 1938
Location: Wells
Media: Linen texture postcard
Item 55055
Title: Sand Beach and Ocean View Motel, Biddeford Pool, ca. 1920
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library
Date: circa 1920
Location: Biddeford
Media: Postcard
Item 66602
Title: Moody Beach, Wells, ca. 1938
Contributed by: Boston Public Library
Date: circa 1938
Location: Wells
Media: Linen texture postcard
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Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
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The novelty of organized auto racing came to Maine in 1911 with a hill-climbing event in Poland and speed racing at Old Orchard Beach. Drivers and cars came from all over New England for these events.
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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.
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Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
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Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village
The history of a small western Maine community north of Farmington as told by a team consisting of Strong Historical Society, Strong Elementary School, and Strong Public Library. Exhibit topics include Strong's prominence in the wood products industry (it was once the "Toothpick Capital of the World"), the "Bridge that Changed the Map," schools and educational history, clubs and organizations, "Fly Rod" Crosby, the first Maine guide, and a rich student section related to the Civil War and post-Civil War era in the town.