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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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