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Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

128391 12A

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

4-18-1975

Format of Original

35mm gelatin silver negative.

Description

Armenian folk dancers Adrienne Amirian, of the University of Maine folk dance group, with Mrs. Berjoohy Parsegian, performing an Armenian 'village dance.' They made their own costumes.

From the article:
"Around Portland, the Armenian community is sizable and active, and in recognition of this the continuing education division of the University of Maine has been sponsoring a series of seven informal programs on Armenian culture and history." From the Portland Evening Express, 18 April 1975.

[Unpublished photo.]

Keywords

Armenian community. Portland, Me. University of Maine. Folk dance.

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