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                       You're struck by the vastness of the museum as soon as you enter


Housd in an unpretentious building on a quiet road in Maine's Acadia region


Vehicles are well-spaced, making photography fairly convenient                        


  1909 Stevens Duryea


                       Sold new for $5,000 — affordable only by the well-heeled in 1909


Made in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts


1899 DeDion-Bouton from France, with a 1-cylinder, 35-hp engine                       


1909 Corbin — the manufacturer was in business a mere nine years


                                                      A relatively modest $2,650 new


Notice the beautiful brass-work that adorns most of the cars in the museum


This unusual front end belongs to a 1915 F.R.P.             


Sold new for a whopping $6,800 — designed by Finley R. Porter — only nine produced


                    The F.R.P. was entered in the prestigious
                          Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance


1911 American Underslung


Frame mounted beneath the axles, hence the name "Underslung"                          


1912 Crane, sold new for a staggering $13,000! In business a mere two years


                            1902 Pope-Hartford — $1,200 new — a year's salary for some


1908 Rauch Lang

Of the cars you've seen so far, how many have you ever heard of?

OK, we'll get back to your comfort level with some familiar names


This is a Ford, but probably not like any Ford you've seen before


It's a 1907 Model K — more luxurious, powerful and, at $2,800, more expensive than the Model T


1886 Benz, generally recognized as the first true automobile and forerunner of Mercedes Benz


The Benz had a 4-cycle, water-cooled, internal combustion engine                        


A belt and chain drove the rear wheels


              Getting away from cars for a moment, this is an old-fashioned phonograph


You cranked it up — when the music started to slow down,
you cranked it again — you increased the volume by
opening the door in the lower half of the cabinet


1911 Stanley Steamer, sold new for a mere $1,125                                           


Stanleys set speed records in their time, easily out-performing
many larger internal combustion engines


                         The bright red hood belongs to a 1914 Stanley Mountain Wagon


This wagon was used in its day in the Belgrade Lakes Region of Maine


1905 Great Pierce Arrow — price range: $4,000-$7,500                                       


1911 Pierce Arrow Motorcycle


             1909 White Steamer — at $4,000 considerably more expensive than the Stanley

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