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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
TL 28 AUG 1983 2A
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
8-28-1983
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negative
Description
Full exterior view of the Florentine Café, 92 Exchange Street, from north. The building was rebuilt in 1889 (on the 1829 footprint), and was home to Colesworthy book store and bindery. The façade has a an embedded cannonball from The Battle of the Wilderness (which was in Virginia, May 1864) during the Civil War.
Photo published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 28 August 1983.
Recommended Citation
"Florentine Café, 1983" (1983). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 101.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/101
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Old Port, Businesses, Exchange Street
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