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    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    55686

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    4-6-1949

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Views of Stolkner Brothers Market, 363 Congress Street (northwest corner of Congress Street and Pearl Street). The grocery business owned and operated by brothers Abraham Stolkner and Jacob Stolkner had an additional store on Island Avenue (Peaks Island). See this image, for a view of the block including Stolkner's, the Park Store (361 Congress Street), and First Baptist Church (353 Congress Street), taken in 1960.

    Left image: Exterior view of Stolkner Brothers Market, from southeast. Right image: Interior view of the store, with the store's workers. Photos published in the Portland Press Herald, on 6 April 1949 See Additional Files link, below, for extra view of the grocery store's interior.

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    Stolkner Brothers Market - interior view - PH 6 APR 1949

    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Congress Street

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.