Haggett's Cycle Shop, 1974 and 1980

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

126392 and 138080

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

8-23-1974

Format of Original

35mm gelatin silver negatives

Description

Views of Haggett's Cycle Shop, 34 Vannah Avenue (near Woodfords Corner).

Left image: "Fitting Bike to Rider: Harold Kroot, owner of Haggett's Cycle Shop adjusts a new bicycle for his wife, Sylvia, for safety and comfort. New bikes purchased at Haggett's are assembled and ready to ride. Haggett's carries a full line of Schwinn bikes, Ross, Concords, and a few other name brands.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 23 August 1974.

Right image: Marianne Pillsbury collects her prize bike at Haggett's Cycle Shop on Vannah Avenue. With her is bike shop owner Harold Kroot. Pillsbury, a third grader at South Portland's Small School, had won a national cartoon-drawing contest.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 3 December 1980.

[Supplemental image- bottom link- of Haggett's Cycle Shop sticker on Archivist's bicycle, purchased in 1995]

Recommended Citation

"Haggett's Cycle Shop, 1974 and 1980" (1974). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 232.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/232