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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
125430 and 126082
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
5-3-1974
Format of Original
35mm gelatin silver negatives
Description
Views of the Ramada Inn hotel, 1230 Congress Street. The hotel opened in June 1974, and included its own restaurant The Yankee Trader. The hotel subsequently became a Clarion hotel.
Top image: General view of the Ramada Inn under construction, from southeast- taken from the Western Promenade.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 3 May 1974.
Bottom image: View from the Ramada Inn grand opening festivities. Left to right: William E. Bailey, president of the parent company Regal Inns; Elinor W. Drossel; Miss Maine, Margaret Ann Welch; Joseph W. Archiprete, general manager of the Ramada Inn.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 13 June 1974.
See Additional Files links, below, for 1982 Yankee Trader MENUs.
Recommended Citation
"Ramada Inn hotel, 1974" (1974). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 644.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/644
Ramada Inn - Yankee Trader BREAKFAST MENU - 1982
Yankee Trader LUNCH - 1982.pdf (6575 kB)
Ramada Inn - Yankee Trader LUNCH MENU - 1982
Yankee Trader DINNER - 1982.pdf (6558 kB)
Ramada Inn - Yankee Trader DINNER MENU - 1982
Keywords
Portland, Me., Libbytown, Businesses, Congress Street, Menu