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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    56040

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    5-7-1949

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    North Deering Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, 1301 Washington Avenue. Top image: Full exterior view of church. Bottom image: Interior view of sanctuary.
    The church was dedicated the day after the photos were taken, on 8 May 1949.

    Photos published in the Evening Express, on 7 May 1949.


    From Richard Francis, of the Cecil B. Day Foundation:

    The Alliance church was inspired by Old Orchard Beach (Seaside Pavilion) revival meetings, beginning in 1887, led by Prince Edward Island preacher Albert Benjamin Simpson. He was the visionary founder of the Alliance which originally was not a denomination, but an association of churches interested in encouraging foreign missions. The charter members of North Deering Alliance were from a variety of backgrounds. The official name of the church is the “A. B. Simpson Memorial Church of the Christian and Missionary Alliance.”



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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., North Deering, Houses of worship, Churches

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