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    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    139495

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    2-21-1982

    Format of Original

    35mm gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Views of Hu Shang restaurant, 7 Brown Street.
    Top image: Manager Kenn Ng, standing near restaurant.
    Center image: View of dining room bar.
    Bottom image: View of portion of dining room, with former Brown Street building elevator converted into dining booth decoration.

    The Ng family began business at 608 Congress Street (see image at this link), before relocating to 7 Brown Street, and later adding a location at 29 Exchange Street (see image at this link) in 1984.

    Bottom photo published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 21 February 1982

    [See Additional Files link- below- to download a complete Hu Shang menu from 1982]

    Hu Shang MENU 1982.pdf (7688 kB)
    Hu Shang MENU from 1982

    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Brown Street, Asian community, Menu

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