Vintage shots from days gone by!

Tons of great photos!!

 

Race car, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1922
Contributed by Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media

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Auto racing at Old Orchard Beach began in 1911. The start and finish line was the pier. Googins' Rocks was the southernmost turning point.

The car in this image sports an E-M-F insignia, indicating a car manufactured by the Everitt-Metzger-Flanders Company.

 

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Competitive auto racing on Old Orchard Beach probably began as early as 1903 although the first recorded formal race was in 1911. The last was in 1913.

The start and finish line was the pier. Googins' Rocks was the southernmost turning point.

The car in this image has Massachusetts plates, dated 1912.

 

Old Glory being Towed to Starting Point - 1927



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On back is written in pencil "Chrysler towing "Old Glory" from in front of Capt. Jones' hangar at Old Orchard Beach to a point 2 1/4 miles distant, enabling "Old Glory" to have more of a run [here writing cut off] Chrysler Sales Corporation, Detroit, Michigan.

 

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Aviator Harry M. Jones of Old Orchard Beach is sworn in as Special Messenger for the First Airplane Mail flight in Maine on October 24, 1919

 

Spirit of St. Louis, 1927
Contributed by Old Orchard Beach Historical Society

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Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis plane in hangar at Old Orchard Beach, Maine

 

Yup. A friends mom worked there and I can still smell the coffee in the aiir when she got home and rolled down her window to say hello to us kids playing in the streets.

Kids playing in the streets... what a concept.

 

Bell Snow Plow



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The Town of Littleton was trying out a Bell Company snow plow on the West Road. It was the first snow plow ever on that road.

Dot Campbell, born in 1922, describes plowed roads in Southern Aroostook County in the mid 1930s in the audio below.

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Go back

 

Here's some I found-

 

A few "Motor City Memories" I found while surfing:

Pontiacs (?):

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Anyone from Detroit in the 60s has to remember "Keener":

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1916 Chevy:

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On the corner of Michigan & Woodward - Early Dream Cruisin'!

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A few more:

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Holy Cow what great thread...I gotta get back to work

 

New pic but this was one cool gas station when i was a kid