Keywords: street car
Item 21153
Calais Street Railway car, St. Stephen, New Brunswick, ca. 1900
Contributed by: St. Croix Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: St. Stephen, NB, Canada Media: Photographic print
Item 26820
Contributed by: Seashore Trolley Museum Date: 1937 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 70669
Car Inspectors Building, Preble Street Yard, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Portland Terminal Company Use: Car Inspectors Building
Item 70588
73-77 Preble Street, Portland, 1924
Owner in 1924: Miles B. Mank Motor Car Company Use: Auto Salesroom
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
Maine Streets: The Postcard View
Photographers from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Co. of Belfast traveled throughout the state, especially in small communities, taking images for postcards. Many of these images, taken in the first three decades of the twentieth century, capture Main Streets on the brink of modernity.
Site Page
Lincoln, Maine - Cars, Model T
"Cars and trucks are made differently. Cars and trucks are made more professionally, and they can be very luxurious."
Site Page
View collections, facts, and contact information for this Contributing Partner.
Story
Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis
The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.
Story
Rachel Tourigny: Richness of growing up in a big, "poor" family
by Biddeford Cultural & Heritage Center
A most vivid and heartwarming account of life during a simpler time
