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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
52676A
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
6-6-1948
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
Full exterior view of Saint Joseph's Convent, 605 Stevens Avenue, from southwest. The convent was the Motherhouse of the Religious Sisters of Mercy, in Portland. The community was also the birthplace of Saint Joseph's College.
(The Convent Chapel can be seen at this link)
Photo published in the Portland Sunday Telegram, on 6 June 1948
Additional photo below, showing religious procession near the convent.
Recommended Citation
"Saint Joseph's Convent (Sisters of Mercy), 1948" (1948). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 317.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/317
Saint Joseph's Convent procession, with students
Keywords
Portland, Me., Deering Center, Religious communities, Houses of worship, Churches
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