This photograph of Ocean Street in South Portland’s Legion Square appeared in the August 18, 1945 edition of the Portland Evening Express.
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Flashback: The Empire Restaurant, in 1937 and 2015
A Press Herald photograph shows the Empire Chinese Restaurant at Congress Street and Forest Avenue in downtown Portland as it looked in November 1937 and in March 2015.
Flashback: raising a glass to St. Patrick’s Day, in 1953 and in 2010
Press Herald photographers capture similar celebrations among Irish revelers separated by over half a century.
Flashback: pond hockey in 1996 and in 2015
Press Herald archive photos show pickup hockey games in 1996 and in 2015.
Downtown Biddeford’s Marble Block in 1890
A McArthur Library photograph shows one of downtown Biddeford’s most prominent buildings, which is currently under renovation.
Flashback: Yarmouth’s Cross-Country Ski Team, 1973 and 2014
A collection of unprinted Portland Press Herald photographs from 1973 shows Yarmouth’s ski team at a high school race at Falmouth’s Hurricane ski slopes.
Flashback: Portland Museum of Art, 1955 and 2015
A 1955 Press Herald photograph shows the Portland Museum of Art’s courtyard on High Street in a snowstorm.
Flashback: Kids in the snow, 1945 and 2015
A Portland Evening Express photograph from Dec. 1, 1945, shows four Portland boys walking down the West End’s Brackett Street after a snowstorm.
Flashback: Roy’s Shoe Shop, 1987 and 2015
Dan Lentz, owner of Roy’s Shoe Shop on Stevens Avenue, shovels snow in front of his shop in 1987 and in 2015.
The Portland Observatory in 1939 and in 2015
Munjoy Hill’s most prominent landmark benefited from a Depression-era Works Progress Administration renovation project.