Keywords: Auto repair
Item 29060
Irving Auto Company/Tydol Gas Station, Biddeford, 1930
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: 1930 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 5640
Auto repair class, Portland High School, ca. 1920
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1920 Location: Portland 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."
