W. T. Grant Company department store, 1942

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

30951, 30646

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

3-13-1942

Format of Original

4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives

Description

W. T. Grant Company department store, 510-516 Congress Street, March 1942.
The store closed in January 1980.

Top image: Full exterior view of store (commonly known at Grant's Department Store), from north. Porteous, Mitchell and Braun department store, 522 Congress Street, at right.

Bottom image: Interior view of the store.

Photos published in the Portland Press Herald, on 13 March 1942.

[Photo of Grant's lunch counter at link, below]

Recommended Citation

"W. T. Grant Company department store, 1942" (1942). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 161.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/161