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Keywords: car
Historical Items Showing 3 of 870 View All
Item 15929
Title: Railroad Car #12, Sanford
Contributed by: Sanford Historical Committee
Date: circa 1905
Location: Sanford
Media: Print from Glass Negative
Item 26820
Title: Car #193, Portland, 1937
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum
Date: 1937
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
Item 51065
Title: Construction car, Portland, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum
Date: circa 1920
Location: Portland
Media: Photograph
Tax Records Showing 3 of 17 View All
Item 54513
Item 54511
Address: 343-349 Forest Avenue, Portland
Owner in 1924: Miles B. Mank Motor Car Company
Use: Garage - Showroom
Item 54512
Address: 343-349 Forest Avenue, Portland
Owner in 1924: Miles B. Mank Motor Car Company
Use: Oil House
Exhibits Showing 3 of 4 View All
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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.
Exhibit
Trolleys were the cleanest and most efficient means of mass transit Maine has ever known.
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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.
