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Early 20th-century Van Buren trotting park racetrack
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Historic fairgrounds with barns and wooden fence
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Early 20th-century Birch Grove trotting park
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Early 20th-century Belfast trotting park grandstand
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1906 Waterford Fair crowd with tents
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Crowd at Lakeside Park Princeton horse races
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Early 1900s trotting race, Lakeside Park, Maine
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Early 20th-century trotting race with spectators
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Crowded early 20th-century Lakeside Park harness races
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Early 20th-century Lakeside Park exhibition building, Princeton, Maine
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Early 20th-century Maine trotting race spectators
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Early 1900s harness race on dirt track
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Early 20th-century trotting race at Exeter Fair
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Early 20th-century Exeter Fair grandstand and crowd
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Early 20th-century trotting race in Damariscotta
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Historic Cherryfield, Maine trotting park crowd
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Crowded early 20th-century state fair grandstand
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Man leading trotting horse at fairground racetrack
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Historic trotting park stalls at Central Maine Fair
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Early 1900s horse-drawn carriages at fair
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Early 20th-century trotting race at Bass Park
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Early 20th-century trotting horse race with spectators
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Central Maine Park fair entrance with cattle
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Early 20th-century harness race at Maine trotting park
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Early 20th-century trotting horse at Central Maine Fair
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1909 Central Maine Fair Ferris-style swing ride
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Man in suit leading bull at agricultural fair
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Early 20th-century trotting race with spectators
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Early 1900s trotting horse with handlers at barn
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Hallowell, Maine 04347.

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  • Nelson 4209
  • About
  • Timeline
  • Send Stories
    • Stories of the Turf
      • Stories of the Turf, how to submit story
    • Stories of the Maine Sire Stakes
      • About adding a story about Maine Sire Stacks
  • Scott Leighton
    Art Gallery
    • Scott Leighton
    • 19th Century Paintings
    • Art of the Engraver
    • Currier and Ives
    • Contemporary Equine Art
      • Nadina Ironia Art
    • Art of the Storyboard
      • Bruce Nelson Postcards
  • Newsroom
    • A Sampler of Ideas — Strategic Conversations for Maine Harness Racing
    • NorthEast Harness News
    • Horse Review
  • Maine Horsemen
    • 1920s
    • 1930s
    • 1950s
  • Museum Shop
    • Cart
    • Checkout
    • My Account
  • ME Harness Racing Comm.
  • Lost Trotting Parks ARCHIVES
  • ME Spirit & the Horse
  • Lost Trotting NE ARCHIVES
  • 19th C Kennebec Cty ARCHIVES
  • ME Harness Horsemen ARCHIVES
  • Contact