Seamen's Club Restaurant, 1978

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

134173

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

12-17-1978

Format of Original

35mm gelatin silver negative

Description

Full exterior view of the Seamen's Club Restaurant, 375 Fore Street, from southeast. The tavern (later known as Bull Feeney's) was located in the Charles Q. Clapp Block, built in 1866.
During World War II (1942) the building was acquired by the Portland Seamen's Friend Society (former Seamen's Bethel), and became the Seamen's Club for Merchant Seamen and Enlisted Men. The Society's history dates back to a fund left by Captain Joseph How in 1870 to provide assistance to indigent mariners.

Photo published in the Maine Sunday Telegram, on 17 December 1978

A view of the building in 1942 can be seen at this link,
and
a view of the block in 1966 can be seen at this link.

See Additional Files link, below, for a 1982 Seamen's Club Restaurant MENU

Recommended Citation

"Seamen's Club Restaurant, 1978" (1978). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 647.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/647