Keywords: Summer Trolley Car
Item 51068
Semi-convertible trolley car, Portland, 1935
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: 1935 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 21158
Calais Street Railway summer car, Calais, ca. 1900
Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Calais Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
At the heyday of trolleys in Maine, many of the trolley companies developed recreational facilities along or at the end of trolley lines as one further way to encourage ridership. The parks often had walking paths, dance pavilions, and various other entertainments. Cutting-edge technology came together with a thirst for adventure and forever changed social dynamics in the process.
Site Page
Highlighting Historical Hampden - Summer Street
"There were trolley cars running back and forth to Bangor, and steam-powered vessels departing regularly from the wharf on the Penobscot to Boston."
Site Page
Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"… & Museum Source Notes 1.Charles Heseltine, Trolley Car Era, Scarborough, Maine 1903-1932 (Scarborough Historical Society, 2006) 2.Susan Dudley…"
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
