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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

"… Clubs Power of Potential View the Maine Women's Business Convention Slideshow Delegates from the National Federation of Business and…"

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Businesses and Cottage Industries

"Across the street was a women's dress shop, operated by local businessman Walter Hall and a gas service station."

Swan's Island: Six miles east of ordinary - Women's Firsts

"Women in positions as town officials and committee members, however, showed significant change over the same time period, slowly including more women…"

Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Women in Colonial Economies - Page 2 of 4

"As a result, women necessarily assumed key roles in economic networks. Through marriage, women built connections, solidifying alliances and…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"Then they went to the Packing Room where women and girls placed the herring in cans, generally in a large well-lit area on the second floor."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Along the Waterfront

"The most common themes were information about ships in harbor, what the longshoremen were working on, and notable large fish that were caught."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"Jones began his business of flying sightseeing passengers in his biplanes in 1919, and by 1928 he was recognized as one of the pioneers in the…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

"Although he was new to the business, he understood how to hire the right people for the job and how to execute his creative vision."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Schools

"Housed in the old Masonic Hall in one large room, there were forty in the entering class. A state law was passed in 1904, requiring towns to…"

Lubec, Maine - Lubec History

"That’s how we got our nickname.” Women and children were paid by the piece, up to $3 a day in the early years."

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"The women decorated the floats and ours was beautiful. John Tyler drove the truck that pulled the float."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Summer Resorts

"The Islesboro Inn, ca. 1913Islesboro Historical Society DARK HARBOR In 1888, the Islesboro Land and Improvement Company was formed to sell plots for…"

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 - Crime & Disaster - Page 2 of 2

"It started in the library, which did not have a fireplace or stove, and the watchman was absent. After the fire, students were moved to the Annex…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Sports

"… View a High School Sports Slideshow Sports, as in newspapers around the globe, occupied a prominent role in the Press Herald and Evening Express…"

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

"Although organizations in Portland had provided coursework in the English language and citizenship before, this effort, led by veteran teacher Clara…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"Beginning in the 1920s, newspapers started featuring paparazzi-style candid photographs of cultural icons, including celebrities, politicians, and…"

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Crime & Disaster - Page 1 of 2

"… to both murders before he committed suicide in an Augusta jail cell in 1925. James Mitchell James M."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - "Man on the Street"

"An article from the Evening Express in April 1927 that featured a man named George H. Moy read, George H."

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

"In many ways, WWI introduced the United States as a world power, and military demonstrations solidified its new role."

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - 1925 National Governors' Association Convention

"Executives, their families, and their staff were welcomed at the Maine State Pier in Portland with “Guns, Whistles, and Trumpets”."

Islesboro--An Island in Penobscot Bay - Early Settlements

"It's wharf was busy transporting passengers and cargo to the mid-section of the island. Hewes Point consisted of a steamboat wharf, two dozen small…"

Historic Hallowell - The Fireman's Musters in Hallowell

"Back when musters first started, women were never allowed to be firefighters or volunteers. The competitions usually were centered around fire…"