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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

Keywords

Portland, Me., Deering, Riverside, Riverton, Schools

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.