Puritan Tea Room, 1940

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

18382

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

1-25-1940

Format of Original

4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

Description

Full exterior view of Puritan Tea Room, 566 Congress Street, from northwest.
The popular restaurant and confectioner was in business from 1921 - 1974.
The Puritan was the first establishment in New England to have complete, year-round gas powered air conditioning.

[Additional File link- below- contains a complete Puritan Tea Room menu from 20 July 1951.]

Photo published in the Evening Express, on 25 Jan 1940.

Recommended Citation

"Puritan Tea Room, 1940" (1940). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 1.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/1