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                             MARKETING COMMITTEE          PUBLICIST

                             207-967-3442                                  207-865-0900

DATE:         September 27, 2001

 

SEASHORE TROLLEY MUSEUM TO HOST AUTHOR DEBRA BRILL AS PART OF THE CELEBRATION OF MEMBERS WEEKEND

KENNEBUNKPORT, ME -- As a way of honoring its current members and encouraging new ones, The Seashore Trolley Museum is celebrating MEMBERS WEEKEND, Saturday and Sunday, October 6th and 7th.

The special guest will be Debra Brill, who recently published History of the J.G. Brill Company.  She is the great-great-great granddaughter of John George Brill, founder of the J.G. Brill Company which designed and built trolley cars which were sold world-wide from the late 1800's until 1944.

On Saturday, October 6th, Ms. Brill will address the audience at 1:00 p.m. and will be available until 4:00 p.m.  to sign her book in the Orientation Room.  As part of this special event, the Museum will bring out a large number of cars, most of which were built by the J.G. Brill Company.

Museum Hours: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Admission: Adults $7.25; Seniors $5.25; Children ages 6-16 $4.75; Children under 6 FREE.

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  The Seashore Trolley Museum has been operated by the New England Electric Railway Historical Society since 1939 as a 501(c)3 non-profit educational institution. For additional information on the Seashore Trolley Museum please call 207-967-2800 or visit them on the Internet at www.trolleymuseum.org.  Seashore Trolley Museum, 195 Log Cabin Road, Kennebunkport, Maine 04046

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