Portland Press Herald Glass Negative Collection

The Maine Centennial festivities at Portland in early July 1920 welcomed dignitaries and the world's navies to the city. Naval officers posed at Portland City Hall for the local newspaper.

From left to right: Commander Joss Manoel de Carvalho of the Portuguese battle cruiser San Gabriel; Rear Admiral E.W. Erbele, U.S.N. commanding Battleship Division 5, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, U.S.S. Utah, Flagship; Rear Admiral Allan F. Everett, R.N. of H.M.S. Calcutta; Captain Henry H. Hough, U.S. commanding officer of the U.S.S. Utah; Captain P.N. Olmstead U.S.N., commanding the U.S.S. Florida.

This image appeared in the June 29th edition of the Portland Evening Express.

Sailors from the Japanese warship Kasuga are in a launch in Portland Harbor, next to their ship.

The striped flag at the stern of the whale boat is the Japanese naval ensign.

Visiting Portland for the state's centennial celebration June 26-July 5, 1920, were naval vessels from Britain, Portugal, Japan and the United States. Crews competed in various contests during the week, including whaleboat races on July 3, 1920.

This photograph was on the front page of the July 4, 1920 issue of the Portland Sunday Telegram.

Capt. Yashitake Uyeda, at right, and Capt. H. Teraoka, Japanese naval officers of the ship Kasuga visited Portland during the Maine Centennial celebration June 26-July 5, 1920.

During the visit, the Maine Centennial organizers sponsored sporting competitions with the crews from the other visiting naval vessels, the USS Utah, the Portuguese vessel, San Gabriel, the British ship Calcutta and the USS Florida.

A cropped version of Captain Teraoka's photo was on the front cover of the Saturday, July 3, 1920 issue of the Portland Evening Express.

Portuguese sailors from the naval vessel San Gabrielmarch on Congress Street in Portland as part of a Maine Centennial parade.

The Portuguese Navy was invited to take part in the centennial celebration. Note the spectators watching from the windows and standing on the ledge of the Fidelity building.

This photo, along with others featuring military and naval processions, was on page twenty-two of the Tuesday, July 6, 1920 issue of the Portland Evening Express with the title, "Photographs of Parts of Monday's Big Military and Naval Parade."

The military parade that was part of the 1920 celebration of 100 years of Maine statehood included the bands and crew from four naval vessels: the British ship Calcutta, the Japanese ship Kasuga, the Portuguese ship San Gabriel and the U.S. ship Utah.

The Grand Marshal and his staff led the parade, followed by the second band from the Coast Artillery, the Battalion of the Coast Artillery, the British Navy, then the Japanese band and navy.

In this image, the Japanese contingent is in the background. The British band and battalion of marines and seamen from the Calcutta are in the foreground.

HMS Calcutta naval vessel participated in the Maine Centennial Celebration in 1920. The HMS Calcutta was launched in 1918 and converted to an anti-aircraft cruiser in 1939. The Calcutta sank in 1941 off the Egyptian coast.

This photo was on the second page of the Tuesday, June 29, 1920 issue of the Portland Evening Express with the caption "British Cruiser Calcutta."

Sailors from various ships in port for the Maine Centennial held a tug of war contest on July 1, 1920 at Bayside Park.

Celebrations were held in 1920 throughout the state to celebrate Maine's achieving statehood in 1820.

The celebration committee organized athletic competitions between visiting servicemen, including tug of war and whaleboat races. Americans, Canadians, Portuguese, Japanese and British sailors, marines and veterans took part.

Eight members of the British tug of war team from the ship Calcutta pose with the winner's trophy and a large rope. They defeated the Fort Williams Army team in the competition held in Portland.

Naval vessels from the United States, England, Portugal and Japan came to Portland during its centennial celebration held from June 26 to July 5, 1920.

Crews of the ships and other military personnel participated in sports competitions.

Members of the Passamaquoddy and Penobscot tribes attended the Maine Centennial celebrations in 1920, establishing an encampment in Deering Oaks Park in Portland, called "Indian Village."

During the encampment, Charles Lola (center left), Gov. William Neptune (second from right) and Noel Francis (far right) posed with Gen. Clarence Edwards (center).

Charles Lola and Tribal Gov. Neptune's sons served under General Edwards in the Yankee Division during World War I.

This image was part of a series of photos taken for the July 2nd and 3rd, 1920 editions of the Portland Evening Express newspaper.