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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
TL 21 APR 1985
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
4-21-1985
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Views of the Roma Café, 769 Congress Street.
The Roma Café, in the former Henry Rines family mansion, opened in 1936 (following a year at another location on Congress Street). The restaurant was owned and operated by Dominic Marino who immigrated to Portland from Peschici, Italy. The Roma was opera legend Mario Lanza's favorite place to dine in Portland.
Left image: Full exterior view, from east.
Right images: Views of dining rooms.
Photos published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 21 April 1985.
See Additional Files links, below- for Roma Café menus.
Recommended Citation
"Roma Café, 1985" (1985). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 160.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/160
Roma Café menu - circa1950s
Roma Cafe 1982.pdf (2752 kB)
Roma Café menu - 1982
Keywords
Portland, Me., West End, Businesses, Restaurants, Congress Street, Menu
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