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12832Notes on the Origins of Some American Tractors
  • Reference
  • Transportation, Tractor
3716Bar Harbor Express
  • Reference
  • Transportation, Railroad
The Bar Harbor Express was a seasonal passenger train serving Bar Harbor, Maine. The line originated in New York and ran through Springfield, MA, New Haven, CT, and Portland, ME. "Between 1902 and the 1930s, the Bar Harbor Express provided the fastest train service from New York City to Mount Desert Ferry in Hancock. From Mount Desert Ferry, steamers took passengers to Bar Harbor. The lead railroad for this famous express line was the Maine Central, which provided this service in conjunction with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 20. The service began in 1902 and ended in 1960. The Bar Harbor Express was involved in a crash with the White Mountain Express on September 2, 1913 in New Haven, CT.
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The Bar Harbor Express was a seasonal passenger train serving Bar Harbor, Maine. The line originated in New York and ran through Springfield, MA, New Haven, CT, and Portland, ME. "Between 1902 and the 1930s, the Bar Harbor Express provided the fastest train service from New York City to Mount Desert Ferry in Hancock. From Mount Desert Ferry, steamers took passengers to Bar Harbor. The lead railroad for this famous express line was the Maine Central, which provided this service in conjunction with the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad and the Boston & Maine Railroad." - "Bar Harbor" by Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Postcard Series, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina, 2011, p. 20. The service began in 1902 and ended in 1960. The Bar Harbor Express was involved in a crash with the White Mountain Express on September 2, 1913 in New Haven, CT. [show more]
12833Sleeping Homecomers Victims of Rear-end Collision
  • Publication, Clipping
  • Events
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1913-09-13
Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured.
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Describes the crash of the Bar Harbor Express and the White Mountain Express on Sept. 2, 1913. 21 people were killed and 50 were injured.
7403The Bar Harbor Express Between Bangor, Maine and Boston, Massachusetts
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Transportation, Railroad
  • 1911 PM
7488Simeon Holden Mayo at the Wheel of his 1907 Maxwell Automobile
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1910 c.
To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009
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To read about the Maxwell Motor Car Company - See “Maxwell Motor and the Making of the Chrysler Corporation” by Anthony J. Yanik, published by Wayne State University Press, 2009
6466Kenneth Usher and His Dog in his 1930 Ford Model A Roadster
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • 1937
The automobile in the background is a 1935 Ford Sedan.
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The automobile in the background is a 1935 Ford Sedan.
6015A Buckboarding Party at the Bluffs - Echo Lake
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Places, Mountain
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
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Notice the elaborate hat worn by the lady in the front seat! The buckboard is stopped on the road between Southwest Harbor and Somesville, now Route 102. The view is looking west across Echo Lake to Beach Cliffs.
5768Buckboard Party with Driver in Derby Hat
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • People
  • Transportation, Carriage
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1890
7673Train and Depot, Maine Central Railroad Staion, Rockland, Maine
  • Image, Photograph
  • Transportation, Railroad
7582Kathlyn L. Murphy Reed and Rev. and Mrs. Atwood and Baby on Buckboard
  • Image, Photograph
  • People
  • Transportation, Carriage
6700Advertisement for S.H. Mayo Motor Boats and Automobiles
  • Document, Advertising, Advertisement
  • Transportation, Automobile
  • Vessels, Boat
  • 1910