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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Aviation Biplane and pilots, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators…"

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 - 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…"

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"… in Long Island Sound on February 11, 1907, a disaster resulting in the deaths of nearly 200 passengers."

Skowhegan History House

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Western Maine Foothills Region - About the Project

"… than with a project of this nature? Railroad disaster at Buckfield, April 27, 1869Maine Historical Society An additional aim of the project…"

Skowhegan Community History - A Brief History of the Skowhegan Area

"… the leaky bateaux and continue on to experience disaster after disaster as they trooped through the wilds of Maine."

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - The Abbott School

"But in 1900 the school experienced disaster. The Mansion burned, and with it went the 3000 volume library and all the early records of the school…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Maritime Tales: Shipyards and Shipwrecks - Page 2 of 2

"… Dow Bachelder in his book Ships and Maritime Disasters of the Maine Coast, the ship was the largest wooden sailing ship ever wrecked off the Maine…"

Lincoln, Maine - That Pioneer Spirit

"… of Lincoln weather fires and floods, economic disasters, and the losses and changes that come to any town as it grows."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - "Main Streets" of North Yarmouth and Cumberland

"… in general the Embargo Act was an economic disaster, and was repealed in 1809. By 1825 the Hallowell Road had been roughly built section by section…"