Keywords: motor sports
Item 103811
Joe Sullivan, Evening Express Soap Box Derby, Portland 1936
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: 1936-07-25 Location: Portland Media: Glass Negative
Item 35459
Race car crosses the finish line, Poland, June 17, 1911
Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: 1911-06-17 Location: Poland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
From the last decades of the nineteenth century through about the 1920s, vacationers were attracted to large resort hotels that promised a break from the noise, crowds, and pressures of an ever-urbanizing country.
Exhibit
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.
Site Page
Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront
"… Historical Society/MaineToday Media Fishermen aboard Herb Pick's motor boat, Portland, 1923Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media"
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Bangor and Aroostook GP-38, Presque Isle, 1991
"The engine sports the paint scheme developed in the 1970s. Note the white lines and numbers that were added to an earlier test scheme."
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
