Keywords: Old Orchard Beach
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Old Orchard Beach Historical Society
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation
"Her goal was to set up base in Old Orchard for her transatlantic flight to Copenhagen. Her crew consisted of Wilmer Stultz, pilot, and Brice…"
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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…"
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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…"
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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…"
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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers
"Icons & Influencers Charles Lindbergh, Scarborough, 1927Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Icons & Influencers: Celebrity Photographs…"
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"Allies & Allegiance: Military comradery at the Centennial, 1920 Capt. Uyeda and Capt.Teraoka, Portland, 1920Maine Historical Society/MaineToday…"
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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…"
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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…"
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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…"
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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…"
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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…"
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"… National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow…"
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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…"
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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…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4
"… from the easterly tip of Pine Point through Old Orchard Beach to Hill’s Beach in Biddeford was often used."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 2 of 4
"… and convenient rail service to Portland, Old Orchard Beach and Saco following what is now Route 1.(1) Trolley at Dunstan, Scarborough, ca."
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 4 of 4
"… was November 1895 in Chicago; in nearby Old Orchard Beach, competitive auto racing on the beach began probably as early as 1903.(2) The first…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Roads: From Footpaths to Super Highway
"… Point, the traveler would proceed on the beach to Old Orchard. For more than one hundred years, the King’s Highway was the only land route between…"
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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Catch of the Day: Clamming and Lobstering - Page 4 of 4
"… York City and provided lobster meat to many Old Orchard Beach, Saco and Scarborough restaurants and area take-out establishments."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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