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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
A.PD.OK-30
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
1970
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
Aerial view of Marginal Way and contiguous portions of Back Cove and downtown Portland, from southwest. Excavation and landfill in progress for highway I-295 construction project. Forest Avenue, Bedford Street, Winslow Street, and Deering Oaks in foreground. Marginal Way at center. Kennedy Park houses, Franklin Arterial, Franklin Towers at center right. Downtown Portland at right. Munjoy Hill, Portland House, Grand Trunk Railroad grain elevator in background. Casco Bay in distant background.
Photo circa September 1970.
Recommended Citation
"Marginal Way and Back Cove, ca.1970" (1970). Aerial Views - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 16.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_aerial/16
Keywords
Portland, Me., Oakdale, Bayside, Back Cove, Highway I-295, Forest Avenue
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