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Description
Ethel M. Wight owned the Wight Studio, having worked at the Kahill Photo Studio in Portland before setting up her own shop at 548 1/2 Congress St. in 1934.
She was one of the first women members of the Portland Camera Club, and her photograph of Charles Lindbergh in front of the Spirit of St. Louis on Old Orchard Beach taken on July 25, 1927 was the centerpiece at the club's 100th anniversary show at the Portland Museum of Art.
She took thousands of photographs of local residents, tourists, camps and events in and around Portland, Old Orchard Beach and Ocean Park.
About This Item
- Title: Ethel M. Wight, Portland, ca. 1934
- Creator: Wight Studio
- Creation Date: circa 1934
- Subject Date: circa 1934
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Locations:
- Ocean Park, Cumberland County, ME
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photo negative
- Local Code: 1997.72.0035
- Collection: Wight Studio photograph collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Wight, Ethel M., 1885-1975--Portrait photographs
- Women photographers--Maine
- Wight, Ethel M., 1885-1975--Portrait photographs
- Wight Studio (Portland, Me.)
- Women photographers--Maine
- Wight Studio (Portland, Me.)
- Women photographers--Maine
- Wight Studio (Portland, Me.)
- Wight, Ethel M., 1885-1975--Portrait photographs
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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