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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    61228

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    7-1-1950

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Exterior views of Palmer Spring Company, 355 Forest Avenue.

    Top image: Full exterior view of the building from west.
    Bottom image: Close view of the storefront entrance from southwest.

    Palmer Spring dates back to 1849, making mechanical springs for transportation. The business's tenure spans horse-drawn carriages, trolleys and automobiles, and it has been at its current location on Forest Avenue since 1931.

    Photos published in the Evening Express, on 1 July 1950

    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Oakdale, Forest Avenue, Businesses

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.