Item 48823 - Americanization colonial pageant, Portland, ca. 1926

Item 48823 - Americanization colonial pageant, Portland, ca. 1926
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Item 48823
Americanization colonial pageant, Portland, ca. 1926
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This is most likely a Junior Americanization class at the Woolson School on Chestnut Street in Portland. Colonial era pageants were a popular teaching tool in the 1920s used to inculcate reverence for early American history within the immigrant community.

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