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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
PH 10 NOV 1993
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
11-10-1993
Format of Original
35mm color negatives
Description
Views of Miss Portland Diner, 49 Marginal Way.
Top image: Exterior view of the diner from west. Marginal Way at left.
Bottom image: Diner proprietor and owner Randy Chassé, at the counter.
Miss Portland was opened in March 1949 by Navy veterans Frank Venuti and James Crowder, at 175 Forest Avenue (see this link for the history of the Diner).
View of the Diner on Forest Avenue at this link.
The Diner was moved around the corner to 49 Marginal Way, during construction of the Federal Building (circa 1968).
See this link for portrait of Randy Chassé in the Diner, in 1988.
The Diner closed in 2004, and reopened in 2008 at 140 Marginal Way.
Recommended Citation
"Miss Portland Diner, 1993" (1993). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 517.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/517
Keywords
Portland, Me., Bayside, Businesses
Image Location
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