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Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

97917D-1

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

5-20-1961

Format of Original

120mm gelatin silver negative

Description

Exterior view of building entrance at 49 Parris Street, from west.

[Public Housing Referendum support photo]

Portion of article caption: “Your Vote Can Help Improve Housing Here”

“Urban renewal is slowly upgrading and preserving specific sections of the city. Blighted homes still blot the city’s landscape. In some cases, displaced families from renewal areas have moved to other sections of the city into equally squalid living conditions.” [Referendum date: 22 May 1961]

Photo published in the Evening Express, on 20 May 1961.

Keywords

Portland, Me., Bayside, Urban Renewal, Parris Street

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