Keywords: Auto Repair Shops
Item 101136
Knox Garage, Dixfield, ca. 1940
Contributed by: Dixfield Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Dixfield Media: Postcard
Item 10726
Contributed by: Abbot Historical Society Date: circa 1940 Location: Abbot; Abbot Media: Photographic print
Item 54905
773-789 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Frederick E. Leighton Use: Auto Repair Shop
Item 54941
Assessor's Record, 801-819 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Allen Smith Company Use: Auto Repair Shop
Exhibit
Summer Folk: The Postcard View
Vacationers, "rusticators," or tourists began flooding into Maine in the last quarter of the 19th century. Many arrived by train or steamer. Eventually, automobiles expanded and changed the tourist trade, and some vacationers bought their own "cottages."
Exhibit
Washington County Through Eastern's Eye
Images taken by itinerant photographers for Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company, a real photo postcard company, provide a unique look at industry, commerce, recreation, tourism, and the communities of Washington County in the early decades of the twentieth century.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"The first auto race in the United States was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began…"
Site Page
Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington
"Steen's Auto Shop and Terry's Chevron station served local people as well as other people passing through the city."
