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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
TL 06 DEC 1987
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
12-6-1987
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Interior views of Raffles Café Bookstore, 555 Congress Street. The popular book store and eatery was located in the historic Machigonne Engine House building (exterior view at this link). Raffles was also a venue for authors' readings, music, and lectures. The business closed in 1996.
Photos published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 6 December 1987
Recommended Citation
"Raffles Café Bookstore, 1987" (1987). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 422.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/422
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Congress Street
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