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Description
Various organizations, especially after World War I, sought to teach established civic values and English to newcomers.
This photograph shows children of many ethnic backgrounds in an Americanization class at the Portland Boys Club in 1923. Old Glory dominates the room.
About This Item
- Title: Americanization class, Boys Club, Portland, 1923
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1923
- Subject Date: 1923
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.6345 (print: Photographs--Portland--Schools--Americanization)
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Americanization classes (Portland, Me.)
- Chinese Americans
- Classrooms--Maine--Portland
- School children--Maine--Portland
- Schools--Maine--Portland
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