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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.
Recommended Citation
"Carleton Furniture store, 1937" (1937). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Newspapers (Guy Gannett) Still Film Negatives. 70.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/70
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Congress Street, Businesses, Holiday lights
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