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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
112857E-3
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
6-29-1968
Format of Original
120mm gelatin silver negative
Description
Exterior view of Owen Moore and Company department store in the Motley Block building, 505-511 Congress Street, from east. Parisienne Shoe Shop, and Liggett Drug Store (513 Congress Street) at left. Portion of CVS (Consumer Value Stores), 503 Congress Street, at right. Mechanics Hall (519 Congress Street) at background left.
Full view of the Motley Block building in 1938, at this link.
The Motley Block was demolished in February 1973, to make way for the Maine Savings Bank plaza.
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 29 June 1968.
Recommended Citation
"Owen Moore and Company department store in the Motley Block, 1968" (1968). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 223.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/223
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Congress Street