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1923 — Earle W. Noyes Sr. uses his second-hand REO Speed Wagon and $5 in working capital to begin hauling trunks from Portland's Union Station to homes and summer cottages in southern Maine.

1947 — Earle W. Noyes & Sons becomes a
stockholding member and agent of United Van Lines.

1951 — Earle's son Lester joins the business.

1971 — The company builds a 50,000sf warehouse
and office complex on the corner of Portland's Franklin
and Oxford Streets.

1977 — Lester's son, Peter, joins the company.

1987 — Peter becomes president of Earle W. Noyes & Sons. Lester becomes Noyes's chairman and a board member of United Van Lines.

1990 — Noyes opens a 200,000sf heated self-storage facility in Portland.

1992 — United Van Lines becomes the moving industry's revenue leader.

2001 — Noyes doubles the size of its storage facility, adding 50,000sf.

2005 — Peter's son, William, joins the company.

2008 — Earle W. Noyes & Sons is voted Greater Portland's Best Moving & Storage Company for the sixth year running by Market Surveys of America.

William becomes Operations Manager of Earle W. Noyes & Sons and Noyes Self Storage.

2009 — Noyes receives the Family Business of the Year Award in the large-business category presented by the Institute for Family-Owned Businesses.

Noyes receives the coveted President's Quality Award from United Van Lines.