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Historical Items

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Item 14276

Hose Cart

Contributed by: Hose 5 Fire Museum Date: circa 1890 Location: Bangor Media: Wood, metal

Item 15291

1897 Hose Cart

Contributed by: Bar Harbor Fire Department Date: 1897 Location: Bar Harbor Media: Metal and Wood

Item 27716

Wheeled herring cart, Lubec, ca. 1970

Contributed by: Lubec Landmarks Date: circa 1970 Location: Lubec Media: Metal

Tax Records

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Item 76898

28 St. Lawrence Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Arthur A. Griggs Use: Dwelling - Four Family

Item 38792

57 Oak Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Joseph Keegan Use: Lunch Cart

Item 35927

17 Casco Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Miles J Keating Use: Lunch Cart

Online Exhibits

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A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

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

Taber Wagon

The Taber farm wagon was an innovative design that was popular on New England farms. It made lifting potato barrels onto a wagon easier and made more efficient use of the horse's work. These images glimpse the life work of its inventor, Silas W. Taber of Houlton, and the place of his invention in the farming community

Exhibit

Reuben Ruby: Hackman, Activist

Reuben Ruby of Portland operated a hack in the city, using his work to earn a living and to help carry out his activist interests, especially abolition and the Underground Railroad.

Site Pages

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John Martin: Expert Observer - John Martin's cart, Hampden, ca. 1833

"… while gunning in the woods that I invented a cart tongue such as are in general use for boy and baby carriages now I made a perfect cart with stake…"

Site Page

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"The teacher rolled a large, bulky projector on a cart into the classroom. The movies were reel-to-reel and usually featured newsreel type…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"People Who Called Scarborough Home Rufus King Rufus King of Scarborough, ca. 1820Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Rufus King, the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Apple Time - a visit to the ancestral farm
by Randy Randall

Memories from childhood of visiting the family homestead in Limington during apple picking time.

Story

My father's world - the old farm in Richmond, Maine
by Donald C. Cunningham

A story about my father and our family.