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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
EX 07 JUN 1986 (interior view), and EX 22 OCT 1983 (exterior view)
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
10-22-1983
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Views of Somma's Sandwich Shop, 361 Congress Street.
Somma's opened on Congress Street, next door to First Baptist Church, in 1979 after relocating from 71 Merrill Street (where the business began in 1977, in the former Merrill Street Market). 361 Congress had previously been the site of Park Department Store.
Somma's added a 2nd floor to their building in 1983. The church was demolished in September 1987, and Somma's closed two months later as the land on Congress Street between Pearl Street and Wilmot Street was purchased for redevelopment.
Left image: James Somma, with father-in-law Nunzi DiPietrantonio wrapping an Italian sandwich, at the Somma's Sandwich Shop counter.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 7 July 1986.
Right image: Full exterior view of Somma's Sandwich Shop, with its newly-added 2nd floor, from south.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 22 October 1983.
Recommended Citation
"Somma's Sandwich Shop, 1983 and 1986" (1983). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 591.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/591
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Congress Street
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