Maine Memory Network

Four-wheel drive truck with Sargent snowplow, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

Four-wheel drive truck, Portland, ca. 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland Media: Photoprint

28 St. Lawrence Street, Portland, 1924

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

Assessor's Record, 1929-2013 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Riverton Realty Company Use: Ferris Wheel

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

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

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels

"They Should Have Constructed Their Buildings On Wheels Land and Natural Resource Use and Development Patterns of the Savage Family in Northeast…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Jasper Beckwith Spraying Potatoes, Presque Isle, 1940

"… a type of sprayer that appears to power the pump off the wheels. View additional information about this item on the Maine Memory Network."

Passing the time during the Pandemic
by Don V

Building a strip canoe

Choosing a Career in Country and Bluegrass Music
by Ken Brooks

How I became a country and bluegrass musician