Portland Exposition Building, 1957

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

85979A

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

4-3-1957

Format of Original

4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

Description

Full exterior view of Portland Exposition Building, 239 Park Avenue, from southwest.
"The Expo," built in 1914, was designed by Portland architect Frederick Augustus Tompson. His many Portland designs include the Walker Manual Training School (1901), and the Hotel Everett (1902).

Photo published in the Evening Express, on 3 April 1957.

[click here to see a 1920s postcard of The Expo]

Recommended Citation

"Portland Exposition Building, 1957" (1957). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 164.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/164