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Collection

Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection

Document Type

Still Image

Call number of Original

7506C

Contributing Institution

Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

Location

Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA

Creation Date

12-4-1937

Format of Original

4 x 5" gelatin silver negative

Description

Full exterior, night view of Carleton Furniture store, 580 Congress Street, viewed from north. The building was also home to Cumberland County Power and Light Company. Storefronts decorated with Christmas holiday lights. Smith-Somes Company Opticians, at left. Chapman's clothing shop, and Cushman's Bakery, at right. Intersection of Forest Avenue and Congress Street, in foreground. Ralston Shredded Cereal billboard at left.

Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 4 December 1937.

Keywords

Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Congress Street, Businesses, Holiday lights

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted.