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Description
Passamaquoddy and Penobscot people set up an encampment at Deering Oaks Park, Portland, during the Maine Centennial celebration, June 26-July 5, 1920.
This image was a part of a series of photos taken for the July 3, 1920 edition of the Portland Evening Express.
About This Item
- Title: Wabanaki encampment at Deering Oaks Park during Centennial, Portland, 1920
- Creation Date: 1920
- Subject Date: 1920
- Local Name: Deering Oaks
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.2937
- Collection: Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
- Object Type: Image
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LC Subject Headings
- Centennial celebrations--Maine--Portland
- Deering Oaks Park (Me.)
- Indian Village (Deering Oaks Park, Portland, Me.)
- Indians of North America--Maine--Portland
- Maine Centennial, June 26-July 5, 1920 (Portland, Me.)
- Passamaquoddy Tribe (Me.)--Structures--Photographs
- Penobscot Tribe (Me.)--Structures--Photographs
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