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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
131388
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
9-2-1976
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Views of the newly-constructed Riverton Elementary School, 1600 Forest Avenue, in preparation for its first year of operations (1976-1977 academic year).
In February 2020, Riverton School was renamed Gerald E. Talbot Community School, in honor of the first African American to be elected to Maine’s Legislature and to chair the Maine State Board of Education.
Photos published in the Evening Express, on 2 September 1976
Recommended Citation
"Riverton School, 1976" (1976). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 406.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/406
Keywords
Portland, Me., Deering, Riverside, Riverton, Schools