Keywords: Aviators
Item 20683
American and French aviators, Old Orchard Beach, 1929
Contributed by: Old Orchard Beach Historical Society Date: 1929 Location: Old Orchard Beach Media: Photographic print
Item 104787
Ruth Nichols, Clarence Chamberlain, and unidentified pilot, ca. 1935
Do you know where this was taken and who the middle person is?
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Date: circa 1935 Media: Glass Negative
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In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.
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Following his historic flight across the Atlantic in May 1927, aviator Charles Lindbergh commenced a tour across America, greeted by cheering crowds at every stop. He was a day late for his speaking engagement in Portland, due to foggy conditions. Elise Fellows White wrote in her diary about seeing Lindbergh and his plane.
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Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators was always a big topic in the Evening Express and Press…"
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My WWII Navy Adventure starts at age 13
by I. Robert Miller
My love for the Navy, on 10 ships & many battles, on the cover of Naval aviation News magazine
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My service in Afghanistan with the Marines and my life today
by Nicholas Krier
My service in Afghanistan with the Marines
