Keywords: Gannett Publishing Co. (Portland, Me.)
Item 6117
Nixons and Guy P. Gannett, 1952
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1952 Location: Augusta; Portland Media: Photographic print
Item 11436
Newspaper columnist Harold Boyle, 1982
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1982-08-26 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print
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Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood
Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.
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Port of Portland's Custom House and Collectors of Customs
The collector of Portland was the key to federal patronage in Maine, though other ports and towns had collectors. Through the 19th century, the revenue was the major source of Federal Government income. As in Colonial times, the person appointed to head the custom House in Casco Bay was almost always a leading community figure, or a well-connected political personage.
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection
"The Guy Gannett Publishing Company was born; publishers of the Portland Press Herald, Waterville Morning Sentinel, and the Maine Farmer."
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography
"… Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald…"
