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Item 80952

Aerial view of Mexico and Ridlonville, ca. 1900

Contributed by: Mexico Historical Society Date: circa 1900 Location: Mexico Media: Postcard

Item 17722

Aerial View of the Kidder Moore House, ca. 1935

Contributed by: An individual through Trenton Cemetery & Keeping Society Date: circa 1935 Location: Trenton Media: Photographic print

Item 69702

Aerial View of Eastern Fine Paper, Brewer, 1930

Contributed by: Maine Folklife Center, Univ. of Maine Date: 1930-08-12 Location: Brewer Media: Photographic print

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Mobil Oil blimp above Portland, ca. 1930

Eye in the Sky

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

Paddling into a flooded garage, Saco, 1936

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

Exhibit

A Brief History of Colby College

Colby originated in 1813 as Maine Literary and Theological Institution and is now a small private liberal arts college of about 1,800 students. A timeline of the history and development of Colby College from 1813 until the present.