It’s almost time for children to go back to school in Maine. Here’s a look back at the fun a group of them had at the end of the summer at a lemonade stand in Portland’s Lincoln Park. Note the homemade scooters made from wooden crates. This photo appeared in the Portland Sunday Telegram on August 25, 1940. Portland Public Library Special Collections and Archives

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