Consider this as a 1910 version of an app for your cell phone :)
Front cover of a 168-page printed guide containing valuable
information for travelers using trolleys to travel throughout
New England. Cities and towns reached by electric railways
are listed alphabetically. Distance, Fare, and Time between
points connected by trolley cars throughout New England
are listed. The comprehensive, detailed, guide folds up into
a convenient booklet that measures 6.5" x 4.25"; easily
fitting into one's pocket or purse, as a cell phone does today.
PWM Collection
A resource for educators
Maine Historical Society has created companion lesson plans inspired by Teddy Roosevelt, Millie, and the Elegant Ride - These State-standard-based lesson plans for classroom use in grades 6, 7, and 8. The lesson plans and companion vocabulary and reading activities are available as free downloads through the Seashore Trolley Museum's website at www.trolleymuseum.org/elegantride/ or Click Here
The eight Social Studies/ELA units were also uploaded to the Maine Memory Network and are available with other statewide lesson plans (K12).
The audiobook is now available Click HERE to go to the Audible page. the eBook is available Here
This blog post was created specifically to support the new lesson plans titled:
Then and Now: Life in Maine and "Clang, Clang, Clang, Went the Trolley..."
* Then and Now: Life in Maine
Objectives:
* Students will practice the skills involved in analyzing primary sources.
* Students will be able to describe life on an early 20th-century Maine family farm and how life has changed in Maine since the early 1900s.
* Students will be able to describe the differences between attending school in the early 20th century and attending school today.
* "Clang, Clang, Clang, Went the Trolley..."
Objectives:
* Students will practice the skills involved in researching and analyzing primary sources.
* Students will be able to identify different modes of transportation historically used in Maine and why the use of the trolley system was innovative and efficient.
* Students will be able to identify different types of trolley cars and how they were used historically in Maine.
This post is to provide supplemental information, images, and descriptions; of trolley destinations, distances between those points, both within Maine and points outside of Maine; and the travel time between a variety of those destinations served by Trolleys.
* Primary-source oral history interviews will continue to be added to this blog as research resources
Below are the pages in the guide:
When the booklet cover is first opened, advertisements for
maps offered for sale by the publisher of the guide.
The next turn of the booklet's cover page reveals two
panels of advertising on the left and on the right, the first two
pages of panels that provide content.
Page locator for various Electric Railways' timetables
Page locator for the various advertisers.
Advertisements on the two interior cover panels.
Table of contents page locator.
Page 1 - the publisher's and editor's info
Page locator - First of many pages alphabetically
listing the various towns and cities with trolley services.
closeup of page 41 ad
closeup of page 42 ad
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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.
Click Here: Narcissus Restoration-Related Posts
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.
Click Here: History-Related Posts - Narcissus and Portland-Lewiston Interurban
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.
Click Here: Bookstores and Businesses promoting the Narcissus Project
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
