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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    84186

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    9-18-1956

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Views of newly-built Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford Street, as the church relocated from their original location across the street (199 Woodford Street) which dated back to 1872. The steeple bell was transferred from the old building to the new (image at this link).
    Left image: Full exterior view (with cloister under construction), from north.
    Right image: Interior view of sanctuary.

    Photos published in the Evening Express, on 18 September 1956.

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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Woodfords, Houses of worship, Churches

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.