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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
Recommended Citation
"Two Vets Gas Station, 1947" (1947). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 623.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/623
Keywords
Portland, Me., Deering Center, Woodfords Corner, Forest Avenue, Businesses
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