Maine Centennial Parade Floats 1920
Digital Format
image/jpeg
Collection
Maine Centennial Celebration Scrapbook
Contributor
Messmore and Damon, Inc.
Call number of Original
974.1 M225c-s Me.Coll. Archives
Format of Original
tempera on card stock
Size of Original
23 1/2" x 14 1/4"
Creator
Joseph A. Damon, artist
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Description
Medieval Norse sagas contain accounts of Viking journeys to mainland North America. Long after this float was created, archeologists in the 1960sunearthed evidence of a Viking settlement at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland.
Publication Date
1920
Keywords
Parade floats, Maine -- Centennial celebrations, etc.
Recommended Citation
Damon, Joseph A., "Painted Sketch for "The Visit of the Vikings" Parade Float" (1920). Maine Centennial Parade Floats 1920. 3.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/maine200_parade_floats/3
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