Contributed by Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media
Description
Members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Penobscot Tribe posed at Deering Oaks Park in Portland in 1920.
The Tribes set up an encampment at the park as part of Maine's celebration of its centennial of statehood.
This photograph was on page nine of the Thursday, July 1, 1920 issue of the Portland Evening Express.
About This Item
- Title: Wabanaki people at the Maine Centennial, Portland, 1920
- Creator: Portland Evening Express
- 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, 2005.061.2926
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Centennial celebrations--Maine--Portland
- Indian encampments--Maine--Portland
- Indian village (Portland, Me.)
- Indians of North America--Maine--Passamaquoddy Indians
- Indians of North America--Maine--Penobscot Indians
- Maine Centennial, June 26-July 5, 1920
- Maine. Centennial celebrations, etc.
- Parks--Maine--Portland
- Passamaquoddy Indians--Clothing and dress
- Penobscot Indians--Clothing and dress
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