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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.

Keywords

Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Old Port, Businesses, Exchange Street

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.