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Description
Wabanaki people paddled canoes at the Indian encampment at Deering Oaks Park in Portland during the centennial celebration of Maine statehood, June 26-July 5, 1920.
Passamaquoddies and Penobscots set up an encampment at the park.
This photo was on page nine of the Saturday, July 3, 1920 of the Portland Evening Express.
About This Item
- Title: Wabananki canoes at the Maine Centennial, Portland, 1920
- Creator: Portland Press Herald
- Creation Date: 1920
- Subject Date: 1920
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.2924
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Canoes
- Centennial celebrations--Maine--Portland
- Indian encampments--Maine--Portland
- Indian village (Portland, Me.)
- Indians of North America--Maine--Passamaquoddy Indians
- Maine Centennial, June 26-July 5, 1920
- Maine. Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Parks--Maine--Portland
- Passamaquoddy Indians
- Penobscot Indians
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