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Item 9192
Navy patrol bomber, Presque Isle, ca. 1945
Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: circa 1945 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Item 16661
Presque Isle Army Air Base fire station, ca. 1943
Contributed by: Presque Isle Air Museum Date: circa 1943 Location: Presque Isle Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
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.
Exhibit
Fallen Heroes: Those Who Gave Their Lives: World War II
At least twenty-three Jewish men from Maine died in the military during World War II. Photographs and other memorabilia are available for fewer than half of them. Read more about them.
Site Page
Presque Isle: The Star City - Arthur R. Gould
"… same time, he began a private banking business by lending money in the form of notes. His notes were for the term of one year, payable on November…"
Story
A Maine Family's story of being Prisoners of War in Manila
by Nicki Griffin
As a child, born after the war, I would hear these stories - glad they were finally written down
