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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    137186

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    6-6-1980

    Format of Original

    35mm gelatin silver negative

    Description

    Portrait of Thai Cao-Nguyen, standing in front of the Cao-Nguyen Vietnamese Restaurant, 29 Exchange Street. Owned by Mr. Duc Cao-Nguyen and Mrs.Thai Cao-Nguygen, their restaurant was in the former "Mister T's" sandwich shop space, and was Portland's first Vietnamese restaurant. During the day Cao-Nguyen served meatball and ham sandwiches (as "Mister T's" offered), and in the evenings the fare changed to Vietnamese and Chinese food.

    In 1984, the space at 29 Exchange Street became home to the Hu Shang Chinese restaurant.

    Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 6 June 1980

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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Old Port, Exchange Street, Businesses

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.