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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
PH 12 FEB 1992
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
2-13-1992
Format of Original
35mm color negatives
Description
Interior views of Abraham's House of Coffee, 548 Congress Street. The kosher breakfast-and-lunch café was owned by Richard Zwerling and his father Abraham Zwerling, and located in the Asa Hanson Block (in the east storefront). The coffeehouse also featured jazz and folk music events. In 1994, the business became BeBop's Café.
Top image: View of the dining room, facing toward Congress Street.
Bottom image: Café owners Richard Zwerling (left), and Abraham Zwerling (right).
Recommended Citation
"Abraham's House of Coffee, 1992" (1992). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 671.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/671
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Businesses, Congress Street, Jewish community
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