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Biplane and pilots, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1924

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…"

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James Parker, Artificer, First Maine Heavy Artillery Regiment, ca. 1863

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…"

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Air Meet at Portland Airport in Scarborough, 1928

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…"

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1906 Autocar, Type VII, Touring

Owls Head Transportation Museum

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Adam Simpson Green, Colby College in Waterville, 1887

Colby College Special Collections

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Howard House, Bangor, 1869

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"… behind in the age of the aircraft! Commercial flights began by 1931 The stock market crash of 1929, however, brought the country's prosperity to a…"