Senior Conservator, Luana Maekawa, with her right arm
blocking her face as she and her colleagues at Northeast
Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) in Andover, MA,
unroll the original January 1910, 28.5-foot-long elevation and
grade map of the Portland, Gray, and Lewiston Railroad
(which would become the Portland-Lewiston Interurban in
July 1914). This was during one of the many steps in cleaning,
repairing, conserving, photographing, and making a
full-size facsimile. NEDCC staff left to right:
Monique Fischer-Senior Photograph Conservator,
Luana Maekawa-Senior Conservator, Audrey Jawando-
Assistant Conservator, Kathryn "Katie" Boodle-Associate
Conservator, Suzanne Martin Gramly-Senior Conservator,
and Amanda Maloney-Associate Photograph & Paper
Conservator. Photo by Tim Gurczak, NEDCC Collection
Photographer
On November 15, 2017, I had the honor and pleasure to meet with Mr. Paul Libbey. Mr. Libbey, a nonagenarian, is the grandson of W. S. Libbey, Sr., and nephew to Harold Libbey. Paul Libbey was very generous and made a donation to the Museum. Paul donated the original map of the elevation and grade of the right-of-way of the Portland, Gray & Lewiston Railroad (which became Portland-Lewiston Interurban in 1914). This incredible map was created by the surveyors after they completed their task of surveying the approximately thirty-mile stretch between Auburn and North Deering in Portland between 1907 & 1908, in preparation for then acquiring property for a right-of-way for the construction of the high-speed electric interurban railroad that would connect the twin cities of Auburn and Lewiston to Portland. We are so very grateful to Paul Libbey for making the donation of this precious, historic railway map to the Seashore Trolley Museum....here is the rest of the story...enjoy :)
A photo showing a portion of the original hand-drawn map
of the elevation and grade of the Portland, Gray and
Lewiston Railroad before being delivered to NEDCC for
conservation work in 2019. PWM photo
Once the map was in hand, with its outer layers in extremely fragile condition, any further examination as to its overall length or inner roll's condition was negated. It needed to be placed in the hands of professional archivists/conservators for assessment. I reached out to Dugan Murphy, Executive Director of Maine Archives & Museum, for his suggestions concerning prospective conservators to assess the condition of the map and to provide estimates for having the work done. As a member of MAP, Dugan shared with me the listserve link to all individuals and organizations that provide such services. Michael Lee, Director of Paper & Photograph Conservation at NEDCC was on the list. I personally had not worked with NEDCC, but I knew that Seashore Trolley Museum's Library volunteer, Amber Tatnall, had some experience with the organization. I reached out to Amber and Library Committee members, Randy Leclair and Karen Dooks to discuss the next steps.
I contacted Michael Lee via email with an inquiry about having the map assessed for conservation and an estimate for work and also having the Scrapbook of the Employees of the PLI reunions assessed as well. Michael replied that NEDCC would be happy to provide the service for the map and referred me to Mary Brogan, Director of Book Conservation at NEDCC, for arrangements to have the Scrapbook assessed. We were able to coordinate a day and time for the two NEDCC departments to meet with me, Amber Tatnall, and Randy Leclair, for the team members at NEDCC to have an initial view of the two artifacts. We traveled to Andover, MA to NEDCC on May 7.
I knew immediately that I was going to enjoy visiting the
NEDCC during my first trip there, when I saw this station at
the end of the parking lot at the Andover Landing facility :)
PM photo
NEDCC - Andover, MA
PWM photo
The various NEDCC department leaders and staff were very excited to examine the two historic railway artifacts. Many questions were asked. In regards to the map, very few answers were known. With the condition of the outer layers and having only anecdotal comments about the provenance of the map, we were left with many questions unanswered. We left the two precious items with the team for them to conduct their assessments and generate estimates.
A couple weeks later, I returned to Andover to retrieve the items and the estimates. The NEDCC team was able to successfully unroll the map, assess it, and carefully reroll the map using a protective layer of archival material that would allow for safe short-term storage and would allow for a safe unrolling when the time came for it to have conservation work.
NEDCC "Condition on Receipt"
The map was received rolled and partially flattened, resulting in regular, almost pleated planar distortions. The distortion was so pronounced and strong that the exact length of the map could not be precisely measured. The left side of the map was outermost when rolled and was the most damaged: a loss of 9" x 16" at the lower-left corner, other smaller breaks, losses along the bottom edge that extended for another 40", and numerous large and small breaks and losses in the paper. The bottom edge of the paper was generally tattered with many small tears, losses, and folds. Three very small edge sections were detached. There was also a 54" wide tear 2" up from the bottom edge of the paper that began approximately 145" from the left edge of the map. The map had been exposed to moisture, resulting in water stains, numerous mold stains of various colors, and areas where the paper adhered to itself and resulted in some skinning or small losses. There was also surface dirt and embedded mud that was especially heavy at the ends of the map but also appeared as small heavy deposits scattered throughout the map. Testing revealed that none of the media were sensitive to water or a mixture of water and alcohol.
The assessment included that the map is approximately 28.5 feet long and has one continuous roll of paper. Seriously! The outer section of the rolled-up extraordinary map was clearly torn and missing some amount of material and was sorely in need of conservation. An appraisal of its condition and an estimate totaling $11,000 to professionally clean, repair, conserve, and photograph the map was provided by NEDCC. Having high-resolution digital files available would allow for further research of the line to be conducted as well as having the files for use in creating displays, exhibits, and online education programs. Very exciting possibilities. Fundraising to help cover these costs became a high priority. Through the generosity of many donors during the following months, we had the necessary funds to have all the work on the map completed. Thank you :)
Later in April 2019, work began in Andover to clean, repair, conserve, and photograph the map. During the first week of May, I received an email from Luana Maekawa, Senior Conservator at NEDCC, letting me know that the map project was nearing completion. She believed we would be very pleased with the results, and asked where the original would be stored. She went on to ask if we had considered having a facsimile made from the original 28.5-foot map. She referred me to NEDCC's Director of Imaging Services, Terrance D'Ambrosio, to discuss the details of having a full-size facsimile created.
I met Terrance during the first trip to NEDCC in May 2018 to have the map and the Scrapbook of the Employees of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban assessed initially. Terrance had overseen the photography of the map undergoing its conservation. He was thrilled with the photographs and based on the exceptional results of the conservation of the map, expressed his confidence that the results of having a life-size facsimile created would be incredible. He went on to say that the quality, clarity, color, and details of the facsimile would be amazing for research and for public display purposes. Terrance had me a life-size facsimile :) I authorized the additional cost of having the facsimile made.
I made the trek to Andover on June 5, 2019, to retrieve the conserved map, facsimile, and digital files.
Me, Narcissus Project sponsor, Phil
Morse, June 5, 2019, reacting when I
first saw a title and date on the newly
cleaned, conserved map of the
Portland, Gray, and Lewiston Railroad
(on the right). The full-size facsimile
of the map is on the left. Photo -
Tim Gurczak - NEDCC
Collections Photographer
The title and date of the historic map were written on the back
of the map on the "Auburn" end. The print can be seen
through the protective backing that the NEDCC team
applied. "Profile of the Portland, Gray & Lewiston RR
January 1910" - PWM photo
Left-right, Phil Morse, Narcissus Project manager,
Luana Maekawa, NEDCC Senior Conservator, and
Terrance D'Ambrosio, NEDCC Director of Imaging
Services study the facsimile map of the PG&LRR
that was created from the original conserved map.
Photo - Tim Gurczak - NEDCC Collections Photographer
Having the date of the map be January 1910 is an important clue for us to use in tracing the provenance of the map. The details are now clearly visible on the map indicating that the surveyors of the land for the approximately, thirty-mile right-of-way for the proposed construction of a new high-speed electric railroad between Auburn and North Deering in Portland created this map using their data of town lines, elevation, grade, existing roads, waterways, etc. We know from the local newspaper reports that on October 30, 1907, the initial survey of the land for the proposed line was completed as far as Gray. The brief statement in the paper does not indicate specifically from which approach to Gray was completed. Based on the starting point and key placement on the map being at the Auburn end, for now, we will consider the surveyors completing the section from Auburn to Gray first.
The "key" to the map is at the "Auburn" end of the map.
The image is of the facsimile map. Quality of this "copy"
is incredible...seriously. "Surface Line" is black in color,
"Banks by road" is a light gray in color, and the "Grade Line"
is red in color. PWM photo.
"0" on the map is where the survey data begins.
The text denoting the starting point reads:
"McFalls Div LA&W RR Track 337.50"
Mechanic Falls Division of the Lewiston, Augusta &
Waterville Railway was the electric railway system
that would be used by the interurbans to travel through
Auburn to the Interurban station that would be built
on Middle Street in Lewiston. "Track 337.50" refers
to the elevation of the track at this point - PWM photo
A 1944 Army Corp of Engineers map
titled "Portland West-Maine" shows
the former roadbed of the PLI. The red line
shows the approximate loss of paper
from the outer portion of the original
PG&LRR map conserved by NEDCC.
The loss is from Blackstrap
Road to the end of the right-of-way
at Deering Junction. PWM photo.
Here is the NEDCC "Treatment Performed" -
A written record of treatment was provided. Surface soil was reduced using dry cleaning techniques as possible. After confirming that the media would permit aqueous treatment, the object was humidified and washed with filtered water/alcohol to clean the paper and reduce staining, discoloration, and acidity. The object was lined to mend tears, fill losses, and for additional support, with Japanese paper, and wheat starch paste, and methylcellulose. It was flattened by stretch-drying on a board and rolled onto an archival tube for storage purposes. The rolled map was covered with a Melinex sheet and fastened with two cotton-twilled tapes. The object was housed in an archival Tube Box.
Here is the pictorial of the conservation process and the early next steps. Please don't mistake that the steps seen in the pictorial happened, in short order because you can easily and quickly scroll down through the steps and process. The degree of difficulty working through each of the steps to process this delicate, yet physically challenging to handle, due to its length, a paper map, cannot be properly expressed or detailed by these stunning images that capture a single moment of what must be at times, very, very, challenging work taking place over many long days. The staff at NEDCC did an absolutely incredible job conserving this historic, one-of-a-kind, electric railway artifact! NEDCC shared with me that this was one of the longest documents they had ever conserved! And that it was an honor for all the staff members to work with this precious resource. How very exciting for us to experience their skilled results!
* Note from Phil - after releasing this post, if I should find I have misnamed someone in the captions, or I have the steps out of sequence to make other corrections in my wording of the steps/process...I will make the needed corrections as they are brought to my attention - PWM
The preparation for washing begins with Luana Maekawa,
The senior Conservator started to unroll the map between strips of
polyester film for support. The map will be immersed in a
water/alcohol bath while rolled. Ms. Suzanne Gramly,
the Senior Conservator is seen in the background preparing materials
that will be used during the process. All NEDCC photos
are by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Luana and Terra during the first phase of preparing the lining.
Japanese paper is brushed onto a polyester fabric that has been
pasted onto supporting melamine boards
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Terra Huber (l), a Conservator, working with Ms. Suzanne Gramly,
Senior Conservator (with Luana Maekawa, Senior
Conservator in the background) as they paste the lining paper.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Then the newly washed map is rolled out onto the lining
using a stable, temporary protective liner. (l-r) Monique,
Luana, Audrey, Kathyrn "Katie" Boodle, Associate
Conservator, Suzanne, and Amanda. Photo by Tim Gurczak,
Collections Photographer.
Then the map is laid on the pasted lining of Japanese paper.
In the foreground is Katie Boodle making final adjustments.
(l-r)-In the background, Amanda, Suzanne, Monique, Luana,
and Audrey are all prepping for the lining.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Audrey smoothed out the map on the Japanese paper lining.
This step helps to mend tears, fill losses, and provide
additional support to the fragile railway artifact. In the
background, l-r, Amanda, Suzanne, (then unsure, barely
see the back of someone's head ...Katie?), Monique, & Luana.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Luana replaced a segment of the edge with Audrey Jawando,
Assistant Conservator, providing a stabilizing pair of hands
to the main document during the reunification.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Ms. Suzanne Gramly, Senior Conservator spraying various
segments of the map that were not attached to the main
document before laying on the lining paper.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Natalia, Suzanne, and Monique Fischer-Senior Photograph
Conservator working to align tears or segments to the
main document. Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections
Photographer.
Amanda Maloney, Associate Photograph & Paper Conservator,
painstakingly locates and sets aside individual map pieces.
These pieces were washed and examined for
identifying marks that will lead the conservators to where
the piece may be rejoined to the main document. In the
background is Natalia Paskova, Assitant-Conservator.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Amanda and Natalia. Hmmm, probably the largest puzzle
they have ever worked with :)
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
After one week of drying, Suzanne and Luana are now rolling
the lined map so the removal of the fabric process can begin.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Luana and Suzanne unroll the fabric with the map still
adhered to the fabric is turned upside down so that the fabric
can be removed.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Luana removed the fabric once the stretch-drying process
was completed.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Fortunately, the handwritten title and date of the map that
is on the backside and can be read through the lining :)
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Luana aligned a straight edge in preparation for cutting the
border of the lined map.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Luana removed the excess lining from the border of the lined
map. Nearing the final stage of the conservation where the
map will be rolled onto an archival tube.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
Mr. David Joyall, Senior Collections Photographer with Katelyn
Legacy, Collections Photographer, unroll the newly
conserved map in preparation for it to be
photographed to make a facsimile of the map.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
David watched the facsimile exiting the Epson printer.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
David at the far end starts to roll up the facsimile while
Amelia Murphy, Collections Photographer, and Katelyn holds
the reproduction map steady during the process.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
This brings us back to June 5, 2019, at NEDCC with Luana
and Terrance as I accept the finished products
generated by the collaboration of these wonderfully skilled
professional colleagues at NEDCC.
Photo by Tim Gurczak, Collections Photographer.
On Thursday, June 6, I delivered the rolled map, covered with a Melinex sheet and fastened with two cotton-twilled tapes, housed in an archival Tube Box, to Amber Tatnall at the Library of the York County Community College in Wells, Maine. There the original map will be temporarily kept in a safe controlled environment for the Museum Library, while work is being done at the Museum Library. The map will be permanently located at the Museum Library when the Library facilities are prepared to accept the piece.
On Friday, June 7, I visited with Paul R. Libbey. Paul is
a nonagenarian and is the president of a fabric manufacturing
company in Lewiston. He still goes to work every day in the
mill building that his grandfather, W. S. Libbey (builder of the
Portland, Gray & Lewiston Railroad (which became the
Portland-Lewiston Interurban July 1914) was bought in the
late 1800s. Paul donated the original PG&LRR map to
Seashore Trolley Museum late in 2017. I wanted Paul to be
one of the first to see the beautiful facsimile of the map.
Paul was extremely pleased and very impressed with the
quality of work done by the staff at NEDCC in preserving
this amazing piece of electric railway history.
Saturday, June 8, the
held an open house.
They have many important
artifacts in their extensive
Portland-Lewiston Interurban
Collection. PWM
And it was at the open house at the Gray Historical Society
that Tom Blake, curator for the New Gloucester Historical
Society and I would meet yesterday (Saturday, June 8) so that
he could take a look at the wonderful facsimile map and so
I could hand over a memory stick to him that contained
copies of the fifteen, high-resolution files of the original map.
Tom is a surveyor with the Nadeau Land Surveys: Portland
Maine Land Surveyors. Tom will take a look at the files
of the map with a surveyor's eye toward deciphering the data
listed. With the technology available today, there may be
opportunities to use these map files to create some very
interesting outcomes that overlay today's landscape
and allow us some interesting perspectives in
comparing data from the very early 1900s with today?
StayTuned :) In the background of this photo is
Kathy Allen Merrill, a West Cumberland friend of mine
and of the Narcissus and a PLI researcher :)
Well, there you have the story to date. What do you think? We are always looking for additional information on the Narcissus, or any aspect of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban. We are looking to have a great exhibit with displays to tell this story and have it in place for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and related activities to celebrate the completion of the restoration of the Narcissus. We have time to make this interpretation programming a spectacular educational resource. Having high-quality digital files of the PLI-related materials will be crucial for being able to provide quality programming.
What's Next?
Based on the terrific outcome of being able to have the map conserved, I can only imagine the opportunities that await us in having the Scrapbook of the Employees of the Portland-Lewiston Interurban blessed with having the chance to be conserved by the staff at NEDCC.
Let's work together to make that happen. Together, we can do it!
Cover page of the large scrapbook created by Charles D. Heseltine, using photos, newspaper clippings, and original ephemera from the Portland-Lewiston Interurban (PLI); including poetry, personal cards, notes, and notations from employees and their families. Heseltine passed the
scrapbook on to O. R. Cummings, who in turn, passed it on to the New England Electric Railway Historical Society's (NEERHS) Library.
We are still in need of funds for creating the interpretation programs that will tell this fascinating 100+-year-old story of the Narcissus. For information on donation options, scroll down this post and find the one that best fits your position. Fund 816 to help with the restoration and Fund 817 (PLI Education-Interpretation programs ) should be noted when making a donation.
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Click Here for the post that has the short virtual 3-D video of the digital model of the Narcissus, with components added to the file from earlier this year (the gold leaf file had not been added yet).
Restoration work continues on the Narcissus. The Narcissus is more than 110 years old now and has so many incredible stories to share. The restoration of this majestic icon of Maine's electric railway history is but one of those incredible stories.
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.
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
Seashore Trolley Museum Promo Video
The paperback edition of Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride can be purchased online through the Seashore Trolley Museum's store website. Books purchased through the Museum's website directly benefit the Museum and the Narcissus project.
Click Here to go to the Museum Store web page to order online
Click Here to go to the Amazon page to order the ebook or audiobook online
Paperback books are available at these local bookstores in Maine:
Center for Maine Crafts, West Gardiner Service Plaza
The Book Review, Falmouth
The Bookworm, Gorham
Letterpress Books, Portland
Maine Historical Society Store, Portland
Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad, Portland
Morph Gallery & Emporium, Kennebunk
New Gloucester Historical Society, New Gloucester
Nonesuch Books and More, South Portland
Seashore Trolley Museum, Kennebunkport
Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops, All Locations
Thompson's Orchard, New Gloucester
Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride
by Jean M. Flahive
Illustrations by Amy J. Gagnon
Listen to a 2-minute, 30-second, Retail Audio Sample of the Audiobook
Millie Thayer is a headstrong farmer's daughter who chases her dreams in a way you would expect a little girl nicknamed "Spitfire" would run full tilt and with her eyes on the stars. Dreaming of leaving the farm life, working in the city, and fighting for women's right to vote, Millie imagines flying away on a magic carpet. One day, that flying carpet shows up in the form of an electric trolley that cuts across her farm. A fortune-teller predicts that Millie's path will cross that of someone famous. Suddenly, she finds herself caught up in events that shake the nation, Maine, and her family. Despairing that her dreams may be shattered, Millie learns, in an unexpected way, that dreams can be shared.
A resource for teachers
Companion curriculum State-standard-based units,
vocabulary, and reading activities for use in grades 3-8
are available online as downloadable resources through
Seashore Trolley Museum's website
www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Maine Historical Society has created eight companion lesson units in Social Studies and ELA that were inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride - These State-standard-based lesson plans for use in grades 6, 7, and 8 are easily adapted for use in grades 3-5. Vocabulary and Reading activities for grades 3-8 along with the eight lesson plan units are available free and may be downloaded through Seashore Trolley Museum's website www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/
Go to the Teacher Resource Page in the pull-down for more details.
A 60-second intro to Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride by author, Jean Flahive
Click Here to watch the video on YouTube
Award-winning author, Jean M. Flahive
Please Consider a Donation to the Narcissus Project to help us tell the incredible story of the Narcissus through the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project.
Here is an example of how donations to the Narcissus Project now will help with the interpretation portion of the project. The interpretation programming will include exhibits, displays, and education programming. In 2019, through generous donations to the Narcissus Project, we were able to conserve, replicate, and have high resolutions digital image files made of the original, 1910, 28.5-foot long, surveyor map of the elevation and grade of the 30-mile private right-of-way of the Portland, Gray, and Lewiston Railroad (Portland-Lewiston Interurban) Click Here
Thank You!
the crowd gathered in Gray, Maine on August 18, 1914.
Image courtesy of Gray Historical Society
The Narcissus as the Sabattus Lake Diner in Sabattus, Maine,
circa 1940. Photo by John Coughlin in the Kevin Farrell
Collection at Seashore Trolley Museum
L. Henri Vallee (right) and family members in the
Narcissus, when it was Vallee's summer camp in
Sabattus, Maine circa 1958. Photo courtesy Daniel Vallee
Inside the Donald G. Curry Town House Restoration Shop, the Narcissus is in the midst of major work as we strive to complete its restoration. We are now planning the interpretation portion of the Narcissus Project. Donations to the Narcissus Project may be used in the future to help tell the incredible 100-plus-year-old story of the Narcissus. Your donation to the Narcissus is helping to make the dream of the project's success, a reality.
See below for Donation options -
It starts with YOU
Your Donation Matters
Make a Donation TODAY
Please Help the Narcissus.
Donation Options to Help the Narcissus Project:
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society
is the 501c3 organization that owns and operates the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, ME, and the National Streetcar
Museum in Lowell (MA).
The New England Electric Railway Historical Society registered with the IRS (EIN# 01-0244457) and was incorporated in Maine in 1941.
Check or Money Order ***** should be made payable to:
New England Electric Railway Historical Society
In the memo: for a donation to the Interpretation programming
please write: PLI Education Fund 817
For a donation to help with the restoration write: Narcissus Fund 816
Mail to: Seashore Trolley Museum
P. O. Box A
Kennebunkport, ME 04046
Credit Card ***** donations can be one-time donations or you
may choose to have a specific amount charged to your card
automatically each month. Please contact the Museum bookkeeper, via email at finance@trolleymuseum.org or by phone, at 207-967-2800 ext. 3.
Online Donations - may be made by using a Credit Card:
Click Here to make an online donation through the Museum's website - When at the Donation page: Fill in donor info, etc., when at "To which fund are you donating? Scroll down to "Other" and type in 816 Narcissus, then continue filling in the required information.
Click Here for PayPal - to make an online donation: you can use email: finance@trolleymuseum.org and in the message box write:
For "Narcissus Fund 816" - if supporting the restoration
For "PLI Education Fund 817" - if supporting Interpretation programs
Donation of Securities ***** We also accept donations of
securities. You can contact the Museum bookkeeper, via email at finance@trolleymuseum.org or by phone, at 207-967-2800 ext. 3,
for brokerage account information for accepting donated securities.
BONUS ***** If you work for a company/corporation that will
"match" an employee's donation to an approved 501c3 non-profit
educational organization, please be sure to complete the necessary paperwork with your employer so that your donation is matched :)
Questions? ***** Please contact Narcissus project sponsor:
Phil Morse, narcissus@gmail.org or call 207-985-9723 - cell.
Thank You :)
Thank You for our Current Funding Partners
* 20th Century Electric Railway Foundation - 2020/2018 - Major Gift, 2017/2014 Matching Grants
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Renaissance Charitable Foundation (LPCT) by Fiduciary Trust Charitable Giving Fund
* Mass Bay RRE - 2018 Railroad Preservation Grant
* Thornton Academy (Saco, ME) - Staff & Alumni - Matching Grant Challenge 2014
* New England Electric Railway Historical Society (Kennebunkport, ME) - Member Donations
* Amherst Railway Society - 2015 Heritage Grant
* National Railway Historical Society - 2016 & 2015 Heritage Preservation Grants
* Enterprise Holding Foundation - 2015 Community Grant
* Theodore Roosevelt Association - Member Donations
* John Libby Family Association and Member Donations
* The Conley Family - In Memory of Scott Libbey 2018/2017/2016/2015
* The W. S. Libbey Family - Awalt, Conley, Graf, Holman, Libbey, McAvoy, McLaughlin, Meldrum, O'Halloran, Salto, - 2018/2017
* The Hughes Family 2017/2016/2010
* New Gloucester Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Historical Society and Member Donations
* Gray Public Library Association - Pat Barter Speaker Series
* Scarborough Historical Society - PRR/PLI
* LogMein - Matching Employee Donation
* IBM - Matching Employee/Retiree Donations
* Fidelity Charitable Grant - Matching Employee Donations
* Richard E. Erwin Grant - 2017/2016
The Narcissus, with interior back-lit, stained glass windows is majestic.
Make a donation today to help restore the interior of this Maine gem.
Help Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Ride get back on track! Once restored,
you will be able to ride in luxury on this National Register Treasure at
Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport, Maine.
PWM photo
Please Consider Making a Donation to the project of the National Register of Historic Places member, Narcissus. We are currently raising funds to advance the restoration and to tell the incredible story of this Maine gem.
Various News stories during the summer of 2015 about the
Narcissus and its connection to Theodore Roosevelt. TR
was a passenger on the Narcissus on August 18, 1914.
Photo by Patricia Pierce Erikson
The Narcissus - July 31, 2015. Make a donation today.
Help Theodore Roosevelt's Maine Ride get back on track!
Once restored, you will be able to ride in luxury on this
National Historic Treasure at
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