The Market Street Market, 1981 and 1982

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Creator

Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

138900 and 140269

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

8-24-1981

Format of Original

35mm gelatin silver negatives

Description

Views of The Market Street Market, 164 Middle Street (at Market Street). The Market was a mini-mall inside a repurposed Old Port building at the southeast corner of Middle Street and Market Street, and was in operation from 1979-1983.

In 1980, the merchants were: The Mole Hole, Portland Plus, Godmother's Pizza, Just Desserts, Orange Press Express, The Bag Lady, Bull Market, Child's Play, Que Huong, Salad Days, Ruby Begonia, East India Company, Rathskellar, Logos Bookstore, The Crepe and Egg, along with a variety of push cart vendors.

Top left image: Exterior view of the building (164 Middle Street) from west. Market Street at right.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 30 July 1982.

Bottom left image: Market Street Market interior view, along the Market Street side of the building.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 24 August 1981.

Right image: High-angle interior view of the lower level of the Market Street Market.
Photo published in the Evening Express, on 24 August 1981.

See Additional Files link, below, for additional views of the Market Street Market.
Left image published in the Evening Express, on 24 June 1980.
(At center, in light shirt, is Logos Bookstore owner John Leddy.)
Right image published in the Evening Express, on 24 August 1981.

Recommended Citation

"The Market Street Market, 1981 and 1982" (1981). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 654.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/654