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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
10385
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
7-2-1938
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
Full exterior view of Talbot, Brooks, and Ayer building, 269-273 Commercial Street, from east. Cross Street at right. Painted sign on northeast wall reads, "Talbot, Brooks, & Ayer. Wholesale Hardware, Atlas Paint, Murphy Varnishes." "Wholesale Hardware. Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Mill Supplies. City Sales Dept. 269 Middle St."
The building was shared by Talbot, Brooks, and Ayer (269 Commercial Street), and E. Swasey and Company (273 Commercial Street), from 1917-1931.
Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 2 July 1938.
Recommended Citation
"Talbot, Brooks, and Ayer building, 1938" (1938). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 80.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/80
Keywords
Portland, Me., Old Port, Commercial Street