Museum Feature Of The Week

This week’s “Museum Feature of the Week”, is a Hawaii Overprint Note. This dollar bill was overprinted with “Hawaii” after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Civilians of Hawaii were ordered to turn in regular bills for these new modified bills. Only a small amount of regular bills were permitted to be kept by each person. […]

This week’s “Museum Feature of the Week”, is a Reo Royal Coupe. The car is one of only 172 that were built in 1931 and knowledgeable researchers believe only 12 remain (as of 2012). It is described as a Reo Royale Model 8-35, two-passenger Sports Coupe with room for two more in the rumble seat. […]

This week’s “Museum Feature of the Week”, is a Portable Writing Case. Cases likes this one were used by Civil War soldiers to write their families, which was a popular pastime for homesick soldiers. The writing case contained an ink well, pen, two pencils, stationery and stamps. When using it, the case would be unrolled […]

This week’s “Museum Feature of the Week”, the Tucker Sno-Cat! The primary use of this Sno-Cat was in winter only, to access off-road and remote areas of that power company’s transmission and distributions systems for maintenance and repair – both scheduled and emergency. Its power is generated by a Chrysler flat head six cylinder engine […]

This week’s “Museum Feature of the Week”, is a FWD Truck and its Snogo Blower. This equipment was first owned by the State of Iowa and used until after World War II. Earl Bishop, Sr., purchased it as a backup when meeting the terms of his snow removal contracts with LaGrange, Bradford, and Milo. It […]

The Bombardier Ski-Doo! This snowmobile sold in Houlton in 1960, was the first Ski-Doo to be sold in Maine. The Ski-Doo was originally called the “Ski-Dog” because its ideal purpose was to replace the dogsled for hunters and trappers. However, a painter misread the name and painted “Ski-Doo” instead. Lynds’ Machine Shop in Houlton was […]

A piece of the Berlin Wall! This piece was obtained by our founder, Galen Cole, in 1992. Note the graffiti on one side, this would have been the western side of the wall which was covered in graffiti, while the eastern side remained blank. Today pieces of the wall stand as a reminder that, “Freedom […]

The Snow Roller! Did you know that prior to the invention of the snowplow, snow that accumulated on roadways and streets was packed by a snow roller? In rural areas, residents provided horse teams to pull the roller while it was in their neighborhood. A minimum requirement was two teams of horses, but often the depth […]