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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    96611A and 134690

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    10-24-1960

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negative, 35mm gelatin silver negative

    Description

    Portland Friends Meeting House (Quakers), 1837 Forest Avenue.
    The Quaker Meeting House on Forest Avenue was built in 1855, succeeding its previous location on Blackstrap Road, Falmouth which dated back to 1752. The floorboards in the Forest Avenue sanctuary were brought from the Falmouth location.

    Left image: Full exterior view of Meeting House, from south.
    Photo published in the Evening Express, on 24 October 1960.

    Right image: Members of the congregation, at the entrance of the meeting house.
    Photo published in the Evening Express, on 20 March 1979.

    (Views of the Meeting House, after major renovations in 1995-96 at this link.)

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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Riverton, Forest Avenue, Houses of worship, Churches, Quaker Community

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.