Reece Saunders was the graphics art designer for the new 2021
exhibit panel in 1915 Morrison Hill Station at Seashore Trolley
Museum. Reece, a Thornton Academy class of 2017 alum,
graduated this month (May 2021) from the University of
Southern Maine where he was a Technology Management
major with a minor in Digital Design. PWM image.
A new exhibit was installed in the 1915 Portland-Lewiston Interurban Waiting station from West Cumberland, Maine. The Morrison Hill Station has been at the Seashore Trolley Museum for more than 25 years. It was donated to the Museum by Dick Budd, owner of Budd's Gulf in West Cumberland. The PLI waiting station had been deteriorating in the backyard of the Gulf station for many years. Once at Seashore, the historic and only known surviving waiting station from the PLI was restored and placed on the opposite side of the mainline tracks as a crossing at Riverside Carhouse.
1992 when the Morrison Hill Station first
arrived at Seashore Trolley Museum.
Image from the 1992 NEERHS annual report
Newly refurbished and installed before opening
day of public operations, Morrison Hill Station
sign in place was a happy sight to behold.
Jim Mackell image
April 2021 image of Morrison Hill Station the day the new
exhibit panel was installed but before the
installation of the Morrison Hill sign. PWM image
The new exhibit panel before the installation of the other
exhibit materials. The panel provides a plethora of
information that visitors may peruse. In general, the
multi-award-winning historical fiction novel Teddy Roosevelt,
Millie, and the Elegant Ride, by Maine author, Jean Flahive,
featuring 1912 Narcissus as the "Elegant Ride." Images
and descriptions on the right provide historical content on the
Portland-Lewiston Interurban, the Narcissus, and directs
visitors to visit the Museum gift shop.
The exhibit includes a vintage
field phone similar to the one in
the Narcissus that would be
used to contact the dispatcher
during an emergency. PWM
There are exhibit materials to
the left of the large panel. PWM
There are exhibit materials on the
right of the large panel. 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.
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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
