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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    TL 19 SEP 1990

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    9-19-1990

    Format of Original

    35mm gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Interior views of Steele Drug Store, 947 Congress Street, with owner Bill Weiner. As the time of these photographs (1990), Steele Drug Store was the oldest and smallest pharmacy in Portland.
    Prior to 1940, the store's location was on the street level of the West End Hotel (279-295 Congress Street), facing Union Station.
    A 1941 view of Congress Street block, between Saint John Street and Valley Street can be seen at this link.

    [See Additional Files link for a closer view of the Steele Drug storefront.]

    Additional Files
    29126-N-CR_WTM.JPG (2148 kB)
    Steele Drug Store, 1941
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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., West End, Parkside, Businesses, Congress Street

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.