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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"These frequent visits offered Gannett's Maine audience a steady stream of coverage on the topic. Captain Harry M. Jones Pilot Harry M. Jones, WWI…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Northeast Airlines DC-3, Presque Isle, ca. 1945

"… Airlines air crews performed survey and rescue flights from Presque Isle from 1941-1945. Commercial service resumed at the airfield about mid 1945."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans"

""Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans" Twenty Nationalities, But All Americans View Immigration and Americanization slideshow Text by…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"Along the Waterfront X The Portland Press Herald and the Evening Express ran a regular column on what was going on on Portland's busy working…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection A Brief History of the Portland Press Herald Guy Gannett with Senator Frederick Hale, Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"Icons & Influencers Charles Lindbergh, Scarborough, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920

"Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920 Capt. Uyeda and Capt.Teraoka, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Wiscasset's Arctic Connection

"Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Schooner Bowdoin, backing off the pier, Wiscasset, 1926 View the Wiscasset's Arctic Connection Slide Show Text…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Aerial Photography Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"Sports High School Sports View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

""Man on the Street" Street scene, Monument Square, Portland, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media The Portland Evening Express…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"1925 National Governors' Association Convention View the National Governors' Convention Slideshow, 1925 On Monday June 29, 1925, over 20 of…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"Crime & Disaster This was the fourth school fire in Portland in 1921 and was of unknown origin. It started in the library, which did not have a…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"Crime & Disaster Crime & Disaster A selection of photographs relating to crime & disaster in the Portland Press Herald Glass Plate Negative…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Maxie Anderson, Presque Isle, 1981

"… Mexico, who planned to attempt another balloon flight around the world, spoke to students from Northern Maine Vocational Technical Institute in…"

Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Historic Hallowell - A Walk On The Streets During The Ice Storm

"… There are no bugs on the ground, no birds in flight Inside the shelter the elderly are asleep They’re too frightened to laugh, but too hopeful to…"

Life on a Tidal River - Bangor During the 1940s

"During the war, flights regularly left Dow with supplies and personnel headed for Europe, Africa, and Asia."

Life on a Tidal River - The Flying Torah

"Aside from one flight before him, he was soon to become the pilot of the "Flying Torah" as he traveled the world teaching the word of scripture."

Lincoln, Maine - Roger Weatherbee of Lincoln in his P-51 H fighter plane, 1946

"On his return flight, being so close to home, it was only natural he would want to fly to Florida via his hometown of Lincoln."

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… Historical Society & Museum Aviation: When Flight Was Still a Novelty Scarborough Airport Scarborough airport, actually the Portland Airport, was…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Civil War

"… the result of military and civilian deaths, the flight of men avoiding the draft, and the emigration of young people in search of new opportunities…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - Adventures in Aroostook County - Page 2 of 3

"… aircraft and made “2 or 3” solo cross-country flights in a biplane. JJeremiah worked for Delta Air Lines for seventeen years."