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Description
Charles Chin, John Wong and William Wong stand on the steps of either Portland High School or the Chestnut Street School as part of a pageant dramatizing immigration to the U.S.
The three students attended an Americanization class at the Chestnut Street School. This photograph was published in the Portland Sunday Telegram on March 30, 1924.
About This Item
- Title: Americanization class, 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, 2005.061.7687
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Adult education--Maine--Portland
- Americanization
- Chinese Americans--Maine
- Chinese--United States--Maine
- Immigrants--Maine
People
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