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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
7506E
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
12-4-1937
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
Exterior night view of Porteous, Mitchell, and Braun Department Store, 522 - 528 Congress Street, from northeast. The store building was photographed to highlight the display of electric Christmas lights. Porteous' decorating tradition included decorating the canopy above the entrance with a row of Christmas trees.
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 4 December 1937
Recommended Citation
"Porteous, Mitchell, and Braun department store, 1937" (1937). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 490.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/490
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Congress Street, Businesses, Holiday lights
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