Old Portland High (and DHS) Photos from Maine Historical Society and the "Maine Memory Network"
These photos below are all taken from the superb "Maine Memory Network", located on the Maine Historical Society's website - there are thousands of outstanding photos there, and we thank them for access to use of these photos.
PHS Cooking Class, ca. 1920
PHS Auto Repair Class, ca. 1920
PHS Woodworking Class, ca. 1920
PHS Cadets, 1896
PHS Cadets, 1898
PHS Winter Carnival Ski Jump, 1924
Jump was off of Western Prom; note Valley Street and Fore River below
John Ford (nee Sean O'Feeney), PHS '19
Deering High Construction, 1921
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PHS Class, Ironing?, ca. 1920
PHS Machine Shop, ca. 1920
PHS, ca. 1900
This photo depicts the "center" of the current building, before the 1919 renovation, which changed that center portion (according to Peter Gribbin, our PHS Historian, the elm pictured would be growing in the middle of the current Guidance Office), and added the two left and right "wings."
PHS Sewing Class, Ca. 1920
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PHS Cadet Training, Harpswell 1898
1924 Winter Carnival W. Prom Ski Jump
Deering High 1900
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Deering High fire, 1921