Keywords: Carriage manufacture
Item 35261
The Townsend Brothers, Biddeford, ca. 1900
Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print
Item 20289
Zenas Thompson & Bro. Carriage Manufactory, Portland, 1903
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1903 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
The Swinging Bridge: Walking Across the Androscoggin
Built in 1892 to entice workers at the Cabot Manufacturing Corporation in Brunswick to move to newly built housing in Topsham, the Androscoggin Pedestrian "Swinging" Bridge or Le Petit Pont quickly became important to many people traveling between the two communities.
Exhibit
A Celebration of Skilled Artisans
The Maine Charitable Mechanic Association, an organization formed to promote and support skilled craftsmen, celebrated civic pride and members' trades with a parade through Portland on Oct. 8, 1841 at which they displayed 17 painted linen banners with graphic and textual representations of the artisans' skills.
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"… racetrack in Maine.(3) McCann Fire Truck Manufacturing Shop, ca. 1949Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Fire Trucks From 1931 to the…"
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4
"… slates and slate pencils were discarded and manufactured pencils and paper were used. These had many benefits that the slates did not have."