Maine Memory Network

Woman at horse show, ca. 1930

Do you know who this and where it was taken?

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1930 Media: Glass Negative

Riders on horseback at Skyline Farm, ca. 1960

Contributed by: Sally Semmes through Skyline Farm Date: circa 1960 Location: North Yarmouth Media: Photographic print

A Craze for Cycling

Success at riding a bike mirrored success in life. Bicycling could bring families together. Bicycling was good for one's health. Bicycling was fun. Bicycles could go fast. Such were some of the arguments made to induce many thousands of people around Maine and the nation to take up the new pastime at the end of the nineteenth century.

History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

Lincoln, Maine - Main Street, Lincoln, ca. 1890

"… Description Horse and buggy complete with rider shaded by an umbrella shown on Main Street, Lincoln, prior to paved roads; however, utility poles…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Stimpson House

"… Historical Society Captain John Bradford Rider, an artillery officer in the Revolution, built many of the houses for General Knox."