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Historical Items

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Item 8738

Carriages at Johnson's, Waterford, ca. 1910

Contributed by: Waterford Historical Society Date: circa 1910 Location: Waterford Media: Photographic print

Item 16488

Wicker Baby Carriage , c. 1900

Contributed by: Southern Aroostook Agricultural Museum Date: circa 1900 Location: Littleton Media: Wicker

Item 35261

The Townsend Brothers, Biddeford, ca. 1900

Contributed by: McArthur Public Library Date: circa 1900 Location: Biddeford Media: Photographic print

Tax Records

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Item 78336

28 Upland Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bernice M. Clark Use: Dwelling - Single family

Item 78337

28 Upland Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Bernice M. Clark Use: Garage

Item 54518

Assessor's Record, 364 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Oakhurst Dairy Use: Carriage House

Architecture & Landscape

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Item 109415

Sketch for A.R. Cobb Esq., Cape Elizabeth, 1900

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1900 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: A. R. Cobb Architect: John Calvin Stevens

Item 110179

Portland Junior College, Deering Estate carriage house and old barn, Portland, 1946-1948

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1946–1948 Location: Portland Client: Portland Junior College Architect: John Howard Stevens John Calvin Stevens II Architects

Item 111885

John S. Hyde residence, Bath, 1913-1914

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1913–1914 Location: Bath Client: John Sedgwick Hyde Architect: John Calvin Stevens and John Howard Stevens Architects

Online Exhibits

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Reuben Ruby: Hackman, Activist

Reuben Ruby of Portland operated a hack in the city, using his work to earn a living and to help carry out his activist interests, especially abolition and the Underground Railroad.

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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

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A Field Guide to Trolley Cars

Many different types of trolley cars -- for different weather, different uses, and different locations -- were in use in Maine between 1895-1940. The "field guide" explains what each type looked like and how it was used.

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway

"… by the mile, Franklin rode the post roads in his carriage with a homemade odometer attached to a carriage wheel to calculate distance traveled.(3)…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… Canadian tourists no longer had to endure long carriage trips to visit Scarborough beaches. By the 1870s, sixty-five trains a day brought…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"People Who Called Scarborough Home Rufus King Rufus King of Scarborough, ca. 1820Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Rufus King, the…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

Born in Bangor 1936
by Priscilla M. Naile

Spending time at the Bangor Children's Home