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Maine Aviation Historical Society & Maine Air Museum

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aviation

"1924Maine Historical Society/MaineToday Media Aviation and news about visiting aviators was always a big topic in the Evening Express and Press…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 3 of 4

"… 1928Scarborough Historical Society & Museum Aviation: When Flight Was Still a Novelty Scarborough Airport Scarborough airport, actually the…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Weatherbee Hardware Store window display, Lincoln, ca. 1943

"… Burke on right" "Stewart Moody at bottom" "The aviator is some Beatham" "Archer boy & (illegible) at right of Uncle Sam" View additional…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… him to combine two passions: photography and aviation. While photography was not a new medium, it was not until after the mid- 1920s when…"

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Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Icons & Influencers

"… and one of Gannett’s favorite activities—aviation. The Evening Express’ commitment to photographic journalism garnered local interest and support…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Historical Overview - Page 3 of 4

"Aviation fever came to Scarborough in 1926 when Chester Jordan and Phillips Payson purchased land for an airport off Manson Libby Road."

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

"The Gannett family were also well known aviation enthusiasts. Air travel was often the preferred method of travel for Guy; and his father William…"

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - Transportation Through the Years - Page 1 of 4

"… of time, Scarborough was part of the new age of aviation and had its own airport, yet another means of travel that increased opportunities and…"