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    Collection

    Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

    Document Type

    Still Image

    Call number of Original

    49438

    Contributing Institution

    Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

    Location

    Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

    Creation Date

    6-7-1947

    Format of Original

    4 x 5" gelatin silver negatives

    Description

    Views of the Two Vets Gas Station, 757 Forest Avenue (one block north of Woodfords Corner), near Saunders Street. The automobile service station was owned by George S. Stratchko and Donald A. Rossnagle- both World War II United States Army veterans. Stratchko had been a mechanic in the Army. Both men remodeled a former tire repair shop into their business.

    Top image: Full exterior view of the Two Vets Gas Station, from north.
    Bottom image: George S. Stratchko at left, Donald A. Rossnagle at right.

    Bottom photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 7 June 1947

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    Keywords

    Portland, Me., Deering Center, Woodfords Corner, Forest Avenue, Businesses

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    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.