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Portland’s Monument Square on Memorial Day, 1940. Use the zoom buttons below to get a closer view of the crowd, or click and drag the image to pan.

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This photo comes from the Portland Public Library’s Portland Room collection, where the photographic negatives from the Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram and Portland Evening Express are currently being archived and catalogued.

Find more historic photos from this collection at pressherald.com/flashback.

Christian MilNeil is a data reporter and online content producer. A graduate of Bonny Eagle High School in Standish, he studied math and economics at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and joined the Press...

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