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Item 10496
Title: Sing's of Bangor, ca. 1980
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: circa 1980
Location: Bangor
Media: Glass
Item 43316
Title: Adult Americanization class, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Date: 1925
Location: Portland
Media: Glass negative
Item 43317
Title: Americanization class, Portland, 1925
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Date: 1925
Location: Portland
Media: Glass negative
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"Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"
Concern about immigrants and their loyalty in the post World War I era led to programs to "Americanize" them -- an effort to help them learn English and otherwise adjust to life in the United States. Clara Soule ran one such program for the Portland Public Schools, hoping it would help the immigrants be accepted.