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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
110276A
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
South Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
10-13-1966
Format of Original
120mm gelatin silver negative
Description
Full exterior view of South Portland Public Library, 482 Broadway, from northeast. The building was designed in 1964 by John H. Leasure, (of the architectural firm Leasure, Tuttle, and Lee) who also designed the Franklin Towers apartment building in Portland (1968-69), and the Downtown Portland Holiday Inn (1972). Library construction began in 1965 and proceeded into mid-1966.
The Library opened to the public on 10 December 1966.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 13 October 1966.
Recommended Citation
"South Portland Public Library, 1966" (1966). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 600.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/600
Keywords
South Portland, Me., Knightville, Ferry Village, Broadway
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