News Office Storefront, Portland, ca. 1918
Title
News Office Storefront, Portland, ca. 1918
Description
Alexander Boothby in front of a newspaper storefront (likely the Portland "Evening Express") in Monument Square. The posters in the window outlined Spanish Flu casualties, WWI peace talks, women's division recruitment, war bonds and the Red Cross. The poster's content date this image between the Armistice in November 1918 and the Treaty of Versailles, signed in June 1919.
Date
1918
Contributor
Maine Historical Society
Citation
“News Office Storefront, Portland, ca. 1918,” Maine Contemporary Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ourmainearchives.omeka.net/items/show/59.