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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"Further, technological advancements during World War I improved the ability to photograph from airplanes, and the modern aerial photograph was born."

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

"… movement that gained traction during World War I, when some Americans questioned the loyalty of immigrants to their adopted land."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… photo journalism began during the American Civil War, newspapers seldom used photography to illustrate or enhance stories until nearly seventy…"

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

"… a year since the Treaty of Versailles, post-World War I America reveled in the exposition of military prowess."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"… provided a landing strip and runway for the post war craze of flying. It was also an ideal landing spot for long distance Atlantic flights, there…"

Belfast Historical Society

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