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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
164797
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
11-9-1999
Format of Original
35mm color negatives
Description
Joe Wigon Office Supplies store, 18 Free Street.
Top image: Exterior view of store sign.
Bottom image: Portrait of Sally Silverman Wigon, business owner and daughter of founder Joe Wigon. The office supplies and fixtures store began in 1932, at 28 Free Street.
Having grown up with the family business, "As an infant, she was in a carton in the window," Sally Wigon said. Even years later, "I would have people come up to me and say, 'Whatever happened to that kid in the window?' "
Photos published in the Portland Press Herald, on 9 November 1999.
See this link for photos of the Wigon store in 1964 and 1966.
Recommended Citation
"Joe Wigon Office Supplies, 1999" (1999). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 149.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/149
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Free Street
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