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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"… Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of the nations Governors…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"Many guests arrived over the weekend by train at the Grand Trunk Station on India Street. The convention was held at Portland City Hall (Merrill…"

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Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… statehood, eventually chairing the constitutional convention in 1819 and becoming the State’s first governor in 1820 (see King exhibit at…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Missouri Compromise: A Moral Dilemma

"… more on the process and matters discussed in the convention, see Banks, Maine Becomes a State, 148-183 and Webb, Lee, “Maine’s Constitution: A…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - The Final Vote

"… For several months after the heated Brunswick Convention, separation was only a whisper. Yet by February 1818, the issue was brought up again—and…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - 1790s: A Growing Movement

"In haste, only a small delegation showed up at a convention at the courthouse in Portland. With no delegates from Washington or Hancock counties…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"… from the typical "man on the street," to the Governor of the state. Photography and photo journalism became a major focus for Guy Gannett, and…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

""Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans" Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"Along the Waterfront X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Aviation Biplane and pilots, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"Icons & Influencers Charles Lindbergh, Scarborough, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920 Capt. Uyeda and Capt.Teraoka, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Aerial Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

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Maine's Road to Statehood - Turn of the Century to the War of 1812

"… a major role in early statehood as Mane's first governor. Patten Free Library The separationists and anti-separationists heard and acknowledged…"

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - People

"… Mills born 1947: Maine's 75th governor and first governor from Franklin County (also Maine's first female governor); Maine Attorney General…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 2 of 4

"As a delegate to the Federal constitutional convention in Philadelphia, he served on a subcommittee that prepared the final draft of the U.S."

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Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Founding of the Farmington State Normal School

"… of Franklin County passed a resolution at their convention in 1857, that said: Resolved : That the interests of of our common schools, and the…"

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Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Historical Overview

"… favor of the separation. On October 29, 1819, a convention held in Portland created a Constitution of the State of Maine, which gave voting rights…"