7313 SHARSPBURG PIKE BOONSBORO MARYLAND 21713

EARLY ROADS TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM

The museum's collection of cars, trucks, bicycles, carriages, and sleighs represent the varied modes of transportation that were once used to travel on our early Washington County Maryland roads. Many were manufactured or purchased at businesses in Washington county and Frederick county Maryland.

Hagerstown's automotive history began with the innovative ideas and determination of transportation pioneers M.P. Moller and Albert Pope.

Mathias Peter Moller a Danish immgrant,was born in 1854 in Ostermarie Bornhom Denmark. He founded the companies that built the Dagmar, Crawford, and the Astor.
Read more here: www.coachbuilt.com/bui/m/moller_mp/moller_mp.htm

Colonel Albert Pope, was born in 1843 in Boston Massachusetts. He founded the automobile group who built the Pope-Tribune automobile and the Pope-Tribune bicycle. In conjunction with the League of American Wheelmen Pope initiated the Good Roads Movement.

1810 CONESTOGA WAGON that may have travelled our early roads.

1846 PUNNETT COMPANION BICYCLE. Notice the "skirt guard" which was interwoven among the spokes to keep a women's skirt from being entangeled.

1868 MICHAUX, a French bicycle. The acorn weights keep the pedals level.

One Horse Sleigh Circa 1880's. Built in Keene New Hampshire by J&F French. Owned by R.C. Davis, Member Maryland House of Delegates from Boonsboro Maryland, 1882.

WHITECHAPELwagon (circa 1880). In 1872 James Brewser of New York placed the body of an English Whitechapel cart on the carriage of a road wagon. This item is on display in our Farm Museum building.

VICTORIA CARRIAGE (Circa 1885). This type of open pleasure carriage was drawn by one - two horses and is an example of the typical type of carriage that travelled the early roads. It was owned and used by Madeleine Dahlgren at her Boonsboro South Mountain residence.

BROUGHMAN CARRIAGE (Circa 1885) was pulled by two - four horses. It especially suited for bad weather. This closed carriage was owned and used by Madeleine Dahlgrean to travel the roads to and from her Boonsboro South Mountain residence.

"Fringe-top" Buggy

CIRCA 1890 SPICKLER SLEIGH. Built in Clear Spring Maryland by the Spickler Buggy Factory. This item is on display in our 19th-century rural village.

HIGH WHEEL BICYCLE

1897 JOHN DEERE Buggy. Vehicles like this may have been driven on the early roads to cemetaries like Boonsboro and Halfway. This item is on display in museum building #1.

OPEN SLEIGH with bells and sleigh blanket.

FUNERAL CARRIAGE. On display in museum building # 1.

OPEN SLEIGH with pair of driving gloves.

OPEN SLEIGH WITH SLEIGH BELLS. This item is on display in museum building #1.

1902 "FALL-IN TOP" BUGGY

The WHITECHAPEL wagon is used as a working exhibit at our events

1903 POPE TRIBUNE BICYCLE, built in Chicago, Illinois.

A 1903 POPE TRIBUNE RUNABOUT. Built in Hagerstown by the Pope Manufacturing. Company. It is believed to be the first Pope Tribune automobile manufactured in Hagerstown.

1904 POPE TRIBUNE

CRAWFORD BICYCLES built in Hagerstown Maryland during the late 1890's-through the early 1900's.

The 1910 REGAL MODEL 30 TOURING CAR was Hagerstown's first gas taxi cab. It was built in Detroit Michigan by the Regal Motor Car Company.

1911 BRUSH RUNABOUT. These engines were designed to run counter-clockwise instead of clockwise to make the safer for a right-handed person to start.

1912 CRAWFORD built in Hagerstown Maryland

1912 INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER MODEL MW EXTENDED FRAME HIGH-WHEELER, Made in Akron, Ohio.

The 1914 NORWALK UNDERSLUNG SIX was built in Martinsburg West Virginia.

1914 MODEL T FORD TOURING CAR

1919 DODGE BROTHERS STAKE BODY TRUCK

1919 INDIAN MOTORCYCLE

1922 DAGMAR PETITE SEDAN. Manufactured in Hagerstown Maryland by the M.P. Moller Motor Car Company. Top speeds on this car was 70 to 80 mph.

This 1924 ASTOR TAXI CAB was built in Hagerstown Maryland by the M.P.Moller Motor Car Manufacturing Company.

1924 VELIE MODEL 56. Built in Moline, Illinois. Sold in Hagerstown by Wood Auto Service Company, Pennsylvania Avenue at Prospect Avenue.

1924 MODEL T FORD ROADSTER

The 1925 BABY DAGMAR 6 Cyclinder 60 Horsepower Sedan, was built in Hagerstown by the M.P. Moller Motor Car Manufacturing Company.

1925 MODEL T FORD DEPOT HACK

1923 DURANT TOURING CAR

1926 MACK AB TRUCK. Built in 1926 at the Allentown Pennsylvania Mack Trucks Company.

1926 2-Door STAR SEDAN assembled by Durant Motors.

1927 PACKARD MODEL 336 PHANTOM was manufactured in Detroit Michigan by the Packard Motor Car Company.

1929 REO FLYING CLOUD was made in Lansing Michigan.

1928 CHRYSLER ESTATE WAGON

1928 MODEL AA FORD FIRE TRUCK. This truck was purchased by the Maugansville Maryland Volunteer Fire Company from the Hagerstown Motor Company located on Summit Avenue in Hagerstown Maryland.

1929 FORD MODEL A PICK-UP TRUCK. This item is on display in our museum building # 1.

1934 DODGE TRUCK. Previously owned by W.B. Lehman (Hagerstown Maryland) to deliver flour and feed. This item is located in the Farm Museum building.

1949 MODEL H WHIZZER MOTOR KIT, installed on a boy's Schwinn bicycle.

A typical 1920's rural car repair garage often found in small communities within Washington County Maryland. The 1920 Model T in the collection spent it's entire life in Boonsboro Maryland after its original trip from the Model T factory in Michigan.

1929 REO FLYING CLOUD license plate.

Maryland License Plate Collection

NORMAL SELF-GUIDED TOUR HOURS: 12:00PM - 4PM Saturday's April through June. Check back for hours July - December. To schedule a group tour during the week with one of our knowledgeble guides, please go to our Plan Your Visit tab here on our website and submit your information. Admission Fees are: $5 ages 13-65, $4 - seniors over the age of 65, $3 - children ages 4-12, Children under the age of 4 and museum members - Free.