The 43rd annual Founder’s Day to support the Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum is planned for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 16 on the Paris Hill Green on Paris Hill Road, rain or shine.
The showpiece of the charity event is The Bahre Collection of antique and classic cars. The collection, housed at the birthplace of Hannibal Hamlin, Abraham Lincoln’s first vice-president, is open once a year to the public at the Founder’s Day event, according to a news release from the library.
The collection of more than 50 vehicles includes one of the world’s finest assemblages of Packards. The Packard collection features Dietrich V-windshield body styles and LeBaron V-windshield body styles on the Packard 12 chassis for 1932-34, the one-off front-wheel-drive prototype sedan, a 1906 Model S touring car and other specialty Packards.
The collection highlights American Classics such as Duesenbergs, Cadillac, Stutz, and Graham-Paige; foreign Classics such as Delahaye, Isotta Fraschini, Hispano-Suiza, Mercedes-Benz and Alfa-Romeo; and an eclectic grouping of brass-era cars (including two electric cars), a Tucker, a Harley-Davidson, the original Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang II from 1921, and later-model sports cars. Along with the vehicles there is an antique doll and toy collection, horse-drawn carriages, player pianos, old phonographs, table-top instruments and a jukebox.
Founder’s Day festivities include a crafts fair and food vendors. Lunch options will include lobster rolls, chicken skewers, burgers and hot dogs, and more. Donations for admission to The Bahre Collection are $10 for adults and $2 for children 12 and younger. All proceeds from admissions will support the Hamlin Memorial Library and Museum.
For more information, contact the library at hamlinstaff@hamlin.lib.me.us, or 207-743-2980, or visit hamlin.lib.me.us.
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