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Deborah Gannett petition for increase of pension, 1820

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1820 Media: Ink on paper

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Gannett Publishing Co., ca. 1930

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1930 Location: Augusta Media: Photographic print

175-179 Federal Street, Portland, 1924

Owner in 1924: Gannett Building Co. Use: Offices & Printing Plant

Guy P. Gannett residence, Cape Elizabeth, 1927-1929

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1927–1929 Location: Cape Elizabeth Client: Guy P. Gannett Architect: John P. Thomas

Preliminary Plans for Improvement of Grounds, Augusta, 1920

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1920 Location: Augusta Client: Guy P. Gannett Architect: Olmsted Brothers

Eye in the Sky

In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald title. He followed in 1925 with the purchase the Portland Evening Express, which allowed him to combine two passions: photography and aviation.

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood

Photojournalism & the 1936 Flood examines the monumental destruction caused by the historic flood of 1936 through the comprehensive and innovative photojournalism done by the Guy Gannett Publishing Company in the weeks surrounding the flood.

Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection - Aerial Photography

"… Eye In The Sky Slideshow In 1921, Guy Gannett purchased two competing Portland newspapers, merging them under the Portland Press Herald…"

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

"Gannett, to buy their newspapers in the summer of 1921. Gannett consolidated the two papers as the Portland Press Herald."