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    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    TL 14 FEB 1993

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    2-14-1993

    Format of Original

    35mm gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Views of Little China Town restaurant, 144 Cumberland Avenue, at the northeast corner of Cumberland Avenue and Smith Street. Founded by Mimi Smart, a great-granddaughter of the closed Pagoda Restaurant's first owner (Henry Wong), Little China Town was in business from 1993-1997.

    Top image: Exterior view of restaurant, from west. Cumberland Avenue at left. Smith Street at right.
    Bottom image: Mimi Smart in restaurant dining room, holding a Pagoda menu which Little China Town used.

    Bottom photo published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 14 February 1993

    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Bayside, Munjoy Hill, Cumberland Avenue, Businesses, Asian community

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