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Description
Rigby Trotting Park in South Portland, was the site of the 1896 New England Fair. The track was known for the fastest horseracing in the United States and operated from 1893-1898.
In the 1920s the park was purchased by the Maine Central Railroad and became the Rigby Railway Yard.
About This Item
- Title: Rigby Park Race Track, South Portland, ca. 1895
- Creator: R. Cutler Libby
- Creation Date: circa 1895
- Subject Date: circa 1900
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Locations:
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 11 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 423, Box 3/18
- Collection: R. Cutler Libby glass plate negatives
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Racetracks (Horseracing)--Maine--South Portland
- Rigby Park (South Portland, Me.)--Photographs
- Amusement parks--Maine--South Portland
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