1908 Stanley Steamer - 2017 Teddy Roosevelt Days - July 21-23 - To Benefit the Narcissus Project

W. Scott Libbey's 1908 Stanley Steamer K 30-hp Semi-Racer at the

2014 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance in California. The permanent home

of this very rare car is at the Seal Cove Auto Museum in

Mount Desert Island (MDI) in Maine.

A total of twenty-five of these cars were built in 1907 and 1908 combined.

Libbey's is one of only three factory-built K 30-hp Semi-Racer survivors.

Image courtesy of Seal Cove Auto Museum

The 3rd Annual Teddy Roosevelt Days event will be hosted by the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, ME on the weekend of July 21-23, 2017. The schedule is starting to come together. As in previous years, the fundraising event to benefit the Narcissus project will kick off with a Friday activity that requires tickets to be purchased in advance for the limited-seating gala opening. The Friday activity will include a reception, trolley rides, a guided tour of the Narcissus, presentations, raffles, a silent auction, and Theodore Roosevelt-related items for sale. All proceeds benefit the restoration of the 1912 Portland-Lewiston Interurban, Narcissus. Saturday and Sunday activities are open to the public with the purchase of general admission tickets to the Museum. More details on the event will follow in the coming weeks. Tickets for the Friday gala opening will become available online early in May.

One of the presenters on the schedule for the Friday gala opening is Mr. Roberto Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the Seal Cove Auto Museum on Mount Desert Island in Maine. Mr. Rodriguez will present a short history of the Stanley Steamer Company and its land record speed holding car from the early 1900s; as well as discuss the very rare W. S. Libbey Stanley Steamer K 30-hp Semi-Racer that is included in the Museum's extensive collection of automobiles.

October 19, 1939. W. Scott Libbey's 1908 Stanley Steamer K 30-hp

Semi-Racer on exhibit at the Auto Show in the (Lewiston, ME) Armory with

Roland LaVesque as the driver,  Reginald Levesque, skipper,

and Raymond Ouellette, in the back. Click Here to read the newspaper story.

Image courtesy of Seal Cove Auto Museum

W. Scott Libbey's 1908 Stanley Steamer K 30-hp Semi-Racer is on display at

Seal Cove Auto Museum on Mount Desert Island, Maine.
Image courtesy of Seal Cove Auto Museum

W. Scott Libbey driving his 1908 Stanley Steamer K 30-hp

Semi-Racer. Mr. Libbey would drive his steamer while inspecting

excavation and construction work as his Portland-Lewiston

The interurban line was being built (1910-1914) This page is

from the large "Interurban" Scrapbook

made to  commemorate the employees of the

Portland-Lewiston Interurban. PWM image

Have a family photo or two that has an unidentified old automobile in it?
Attend the Teddy Roosevelt Days event on Saturday, July 22, from 10-3,
and have Mr. Roberto Rodriguez take a look and ID the vehicle for you!
Mr. Rodriguez is the Director of Curatorial Affairs at the
Seal Cove Auto Museum on Mount Desert Island in Maine.
the image above is Frank O. Morse, Jr., Harry Lovett, Allen B. Morse (14),

Harry G. Morse (12), Frank O. Morse, Sr.,

Elizabeth J. Wells Morse c 1919 - PWM

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We continue the restoration work on the 1912, Narcissus, the only surviving high-speed, luxury interurban coach of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban. 

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Being more than a century old, the stately, "Elegant Ride," Narcissus, is a gem.  This shimmering precious stone of Maine transportation history is brilliantly resplendent as it emanates so many elements of history, including; time, places, people, and events, that it was coupled to, that when just a smattering of its seemingly innumerable stories are shared, the contents captivates, fascinates, then generates, interest to learn more 🙋. The majestic Narcissus is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Please consider joining the epic journey to complete the Narcissus Project by making a donation today!

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The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one in a series of captivating stories containing an abundance of incredible coalition of narratives.

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     The Narcissus is featured in the national Gold Award-winning novel, Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride. The "Elegant Ride" is the Narcissus. Theodore Roosevelt was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914, between Lewiston and Portland, Maine, while campaigning for the Progressive Party candidates.

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Independent book publisher, Phil Morse, holding

the Gold Book Award Winner plaque for

 the Middle Reader category for The Eric

Hoffer Book Award. Congratulations to

award-winning Maine author,

Jean M. Flahive