A Press Herald file photograph shows kids waiting in line for ‘Star Wars: A Phantom Menace’ in 1999.
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Flashback: Adams Street on Munjoy Hill
A Press Herald photograph from 1954 shows an apartment building on Adams Street in the Munjoy Hill neighborhood. It and many other homes on the same block were demolished in an urban renewal project.
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Flashback: skating at Deering Oaks, 1954
In a Press Herald photograph from December 1954, kids on winter break put on ice skates at the edge of Deering Oaks pond in Portland.
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Flashback: The Navy on the Portland waterfront, in 1949 and in 2015
The aircraft carrier USS Sicily was berthed at the Maine State Pier in June 1949, and the guided missile destroyer Zumwalt visited on Dec. 10, 2015.
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Flashback: aerial views of the Maine Mall, in 1969 and in 2015
The Maine Mall area was still mostly farm fields in this 1969 file photo, which shows the Jordan Marsh store (now Macy’s) under construction.
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Flashback: Baking pies for Thanksgiving in 1948 and 2010
Gerald A. Trenholm of Portland, born on Thanksgiving Day, appeared on the front page of the Nov. 11, 1948, Portland Evening Express.
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Flashback: Park Avenue in Portland, 1960 and 2015
Two views of Park Avenue in Portland’s Parkside neighborhood.
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Flashback: Mayor-elect Ethan Strimling in 1998
A file photograph shows a younger Strimling when he was still a relatively new executive director at Portland West, today known as LearningWorks.
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Flashback: waiting in line at the DMV in 1969
Two Press Herald photographs show the corner of Pearl and Middle Street in Portland’s Old Port in 1969 and in 2015.
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Flashback: Shiloh Chapel in Durham
The unique Shiloh Chapel, located in a rural hilltop in Durham, is all that remains of a large religious community that prospered at the beginning of the 20th century.