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Description
Students dressed as teeth promote dental hygiene at the Presumpscot School in Portland. This was part of Health Week where students were encouraged to demonstrate proper health practices. Health Education began to take hold as part of the curriculum in Portland around 1924.
About This Item
- Title: Health Parade, Portland, 1924
- Creation Date: 1924
- Subject Date: 1924
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.7207
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Costumes
- Dental education
- Dental hygiene
- Health education--Maine--Portland
- Parades & processions--Maine--Portland
- Presumpscot School (Portland, Me.)
- School children--Maine--Portland
- Teeth
- Toothbrushes
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