Tag Archives: Alien registration
The dark-eyed little girl in the picture: Old photos tell the story of an immigrant family from Greece
Browsing through the archives of Digital Maine, this photo of young Mary Gekas invites questions. Born in 1915, she would have been 5 or 6 when this photo was taken at the Mark Dennett School in Kittery, Maine, and saved … Continue reading
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Tagged Alien registration, Kittery history, Maine history
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The summer when Kittery aliens landed at the Town Office
In late June of 1940, 39 aliens officially called Kittery home. Some had dwelled among the town’s residents for more than 50 years, others for just a few weeks. When Governor Lewis E. Barrows signed an executive order requiring all … Continue reading
Posted in Seacoast (mostly) History
Tagged Alien registration, Kittery history, Maine history
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