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Description
Passamaquoddy tribal members, Susan Neptune (age 77), left, Fannie Newell (age 60), and Mary Frances (age 65) on the right, posed at the centennial of Maine Statehood observance. Neptune and Frances wore silver trade brooches.
Throughout the 10-day centennial celebration, Passamaquoddy and Penobscot people camped in an "Indian Village" in Portland's Deering Oaks Park, displaying their cultural traditions to the crowds.
This image was a part of a series of photos taken for the July 3, 1920 edition of the Portland Evening Express.
About This Item
- Title: Susan Neptune, Fannie Newell, and Mary Frances at the Maine Centennial, Portland, 1920
- Creation Date: 1920
- Subject Date: 1920
- Location: Deering Oaks, Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 12.7 cm x 17.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.2928
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Centennial celebrations--Maine--Portland
- Indian village (Portland, Me.)
- Indians of North America--Maine--Passamaquoddy Indians
- Maine Centennial, June 26-July 5, 1920
- Neptune family--Photographs
- Passamaquoddy Indians--Clothing and dress
- Passamaquoddy Indians--Jewelry
- Passamaquoddy Indians--Structures
- Passamaquoddy Indians--Symbols
- Penobscot Indians--Structures
People
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- Clothing and dress
- Indian village (Portland, Me.)
- Indian village (Portland, Me.)Regalia
- Jewelry
- Maine Centennial, June 26-July 5, 1920.
- Native Americans
- Passamaquoddy Indians
- Structures
- Susie Neptune
- Symbols
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