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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
88197 (left), and 88140 (right)
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
9-23-1957
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives
Description
Views from the Animal Refuge League, 449 Stroudwater Street, shortly after their relocation from 1 Pleasant Street. The Animal Refuge League was incorporated in 1911, and former Maine Governor Percival P. Baxter's philanthropy helped construct the newer and larger shelter in Westbrook in 1956-57.
Left image: Barbara Blumenthal and Mary Healy, at the building's entrance, with puppies.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 27 September 1957.
Right image: Armit Chapman and Dee Dee Dana, with kittens.
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 23 September 1957.
See Additional Files link, below for a photograph of former Maine Governor Percival P. Baxter with Martha Crane and Roland Ives, with charity collection boxes for the Animal Refuge League. The photo was published in the Portland Press Herald, on 27 September 1957.
Recommended Citation
"Animal Refuge League, 1957" (1957). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 615.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/615
Governor Baxter with two children, publicizing Animal Refuge League tag day, 27 SEP 1957
Keywords
Westbrook, Me., Stroudwater
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