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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…"

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 - 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…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Thomaston Expands - 1805 to 1846

"… to stop foreign exports and imports, intended to punish the British and French and to force them to respect the authority of the newly formed…"

Historic Hallowell - Maine Industrial School for Girls

"… outcasts of society. It is not a place of punishment, to which its inmates are sent as criminals by criminal process -- but a home for the…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Prison is Established - 1823

"… appointed to a committee of three to study the punishment of convicts and the establishment of a prison."

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

"His uncle never did punish them because they didn’t actually pick the apple. To this day they still discuss it and joke about it."

Bath's Historic Downtown - Bath Savings Institution and Hyde Block

"… death sentence, the law stating No Capital Punishment in Maine was made. Daniel's partner was sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole…"

Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 2 of 4

"Instead of physical punishment children are given punished verbally or given a written slip. Warning slips are given out for not being prepared for…"

St. Croix Historical Society

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - A Look Inside the Classroom Over Time - Page 3 of 4

"… so that they could hear the bell or they would be punished for being late. Today some schools use a bell or buzzer over the intercom to tell when a…"

Blue Hill, Maine - Educating Blue Hill

"Although most physical punishments were reserved for elementary schools, the Academy staff had plenty of ideas for punishments."

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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