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Collection

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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