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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
7506G
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
Full exterior night view of Rines Brothers Company department store, 529-535 Congress Street, from east. Casco Street at right. The store building was photographed to highlight the display of electric Christmas lights.
The building is also known as the John B. Brown Memorial Block, built in 1883-1884, designed by John Calvin Stevens and Francis Fassett.
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 4 December 1937
Recommended Citation
"Rines Brothers Company department store, 1937" (1937). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 491.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/491
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Congress Street, Businesses, Holiday lights
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