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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
49508 and 137715
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
6-14-1947
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative and 35mm gelatin silver negative
Description
Views from publishing offices of Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News. Known as America's oldest philatelic periodical, Mekeel's began publication in 1891 and continues today as Mekeel's and Stamps Magazine.
At the time of the 1947 photograph, Mekeel's was located at 20 Temple Street, and
at the time of the 1980 photograph, Mekeel's was located at 13 Milk Street.
Top left image: From left: George F. Stilphen, William K. Jewett (production manager), and Charles W. Severn at the printing press.
Photo taken at 20 Temple Street, and published in the Evening Express, on 14 June 1947.
Right image: Left to right: Mary Ann Wheeler, and Charnette Severn Chadwick (daughter of Charles W. Severn) at the Mekeel's offices.
Photo taken at 13 Milk Street, and published in the Evening Express, on 5 September 1980.
See Additional Files link, below, for 1961 portrait of Mekeel's editor and general manager George F. Stilphen. Published in the Evening Express, on 7 January 1961.
Recommended Citation
"Mekeel's Weekly Stamp News, 1947 and 1980" (1947). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 697.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/697
George F. Stilphen - EX 7 JAN 1961
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Old Port, Businesses, Philately
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