Porteous, Mitchell, and Braun department store, 1937

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Creator

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 Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 490.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/490