Keywords: baggage
Item 9814
Bangor and Aroostook baggage cart, ca. 1900
Contributed by: L'Heritage Vivant Living Heritage Date: circa 1900 Location: Van Buren Media: Wood, steel
Item 50413
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Bangor Media: Photographic print
Item 54899
755 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Railroad - Baggage
Item 55755
1217 Forest Avenue, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Baggage House
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
Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Arriving in Bar Harbor
"… were twelve families on board with all their baggage, canoes. -Mount Desert Herald, 10/11/1883 Before 1857, steamboat service to Mount Desert…"
Site Page
Life on a Tidal River - Early Railroads in Bangor - Page 1 of 2
"… six locomotives, two carriages for passengers, a baggage car, and a number of freight cars. The first locomotive was the “Pioneer”."
Story
John Coyne from Waterville Enlists as a Railroad Man in WWI
by Mary D. Coyne
Description of conditions railroad men endured and family background on John Coyne.
