Cumberland County Jail, 1959

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

91987A and 101767

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

2-11-1959

Format of Original

4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

Description

Cumberland County Jail and Workshop, 25 Monroe Street.
[The prison was popularly called, "Monroe College," due to the building's classical architecture.]

Full exterior view of building, from southwest on Anderson Street.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 11 February 1959.


ADDITIONAL IMAGE (see link below):
Full exterior view of building, from northeast (Greenleaf Street)..
Photo published ion the Portland Press Herald, on 31 December 1962.

Recommended Citation

"Cumberland County Jail, 1959" (1959). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 131.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/131