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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
TL 25 DEC 1983
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
12-25-1983
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Exterior views of Carlbert Fabrics warehouse and store, 2 York Street (Gorham's Corner). The building was constructed as a garage, circa1909, and its occupant had previously been Brockway Motor Truck Company. The Carlbert business relocated from its prior location at nearby 476 Fore Street. The business was owned and operated by Bertram Silverman and his wife Evelyn Silverman, until their retirement in 1983.
Bert's well-known motto was: "Cope, don't mope, there's hope!"
Top image: Exterior view from southwest. Center Street visible at left.
Bottom image: Full exterior view from west.
Photos published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 25 December 1983
Recommended Citation
"Carlbert Fabrics, 1983" (1983). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 558.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/558
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Gorham's Corner, Businesses, York Street
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