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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    26177

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    6-5-1941

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

    Description

    Full exterior view of the newly-built Walgreen's Drug Store, 601 Congress Street (Congress Square), from south. Eastland Hotel (157 High Street) at right background. Congress Square Hotel in background. 593 Congress Street, at right.
    Construction workers along High Street side of the Walgreen's building, adding finishing touches.

    Photo published in the Evening Express, on 5 June 1941


    [View of this same block in 1977, at this link.]

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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Congress Square, Congress Street

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.