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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 Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 647.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/647
Seamen's Club Restaurant MENU - 1982
Keywords
Portland, Me., Old Port, Businesses, Fore Street, Menu
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