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    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]

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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Parkside, Park Avenue

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.