Maine Memory Network

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"When the ban on automobiles was lifted, there became a need and desire to transport automobiles across the bay."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Woodrow Wilson

"But a lot of people didn’t. And we didn’t have an automobile at that time and we didn’t use it gasoline was well it cost money and had to pay it and…"

Lincoln, Maine - Railroads

"Presently, automobiles have replaced trains for most transportation purposes. "Dewey" engine in front of pulp mill, ca."

Music in Maine - Music Makers

"… champion fiddler,” so talented that in 1925, automobile tycoon Henry Ford sent a pullman train car to Norway, Maine to bring Dunham and his wife…"

Aroostook Historical and Art Museum

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Lubec, Maine - Lubec's 1911 Centennial Celebration - Page 2 of 2

"… schedule, upper left of the program, lists a Automobile Hill Climbing Contest at 3:30 PM. The winner of ther "slow" high gear climb was Carleton…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"The first was the coming of the automobile to the region. This facilitated much easier transportation to the Academy than horse and cart or walking."

Otisfield Historical Society

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Bangor Public Library

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Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… be done with that European war "Over There." The automobile and the aircraft were all the rage of this new age."

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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