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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
49987A
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
8-2-1947
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
Full exterior view of Markson Brothers department store, 500 Congress Street, from north. Brown Street at left. View includes full block of stores from 500-510 Congress Street. From left: Markson's, Lawless (502 Congress Street), Carroll Cut Rate store, Portland Linen Exchange, Jack and Jill Kiddie Shop, and eastern edge of W. T. Grant Company department store (512 Congress Street).
[View including W. T. Grant, and Porteous, Mitchell, and Braun department stores at additional images link below]
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 2 August 1947
Recommended Citation
"Markson Brothers department store, 1947" (1947). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 289.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/289
500-522 Congress Street, from Markson's to Porteous
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Congress Street
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