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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    48319, 48320

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    2-18-1947

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Workers at Tower Publishing Company (Fred L. Tower Companies), 795 Forest Avenue, preparing the 1947 Portland City Directory.

    Left Image: Mrs. Ella R. Haskell; Miss Seba A. Orff; Miss Mary A. Ricchio, left to right, sorting 250,000 listing cards which will later undergo 12 sorting procedures.
    Right Image: Arthur T. Spring, president of Tower Publishing, holding an Portland's first directory (1823).

    Photos published in the Evening Express, on 18 February 1947


    Additional photo (link below) shows the 1947 Portland City Directory, at Portland Public Library

    Additional Files
    1947 Portland City Directory.JPG (13154 kB)
    1947 Portland City Directory : pictures of the book
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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Deering Center, Businesses, Forest Avenue

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.