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Collection
Portland Press Herald Still-Film Negatives Collection
Document Type
Still Image
Call number of Original
17042
Contributing Institution
Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives
Location
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, USA
Creation Date
11-19-1939
Format of Original
4 x 5" gelatin silver negative
Description
View of entrance and marquee of the Civic Theatre, 477 Congress Street, in anticipation of the theatre's grand opening (20 November 1939). The opening production was the San Carlo Opera Company performance of "Madame Butterfly," "Featuring the Sensational Japanese Soprano Hizi Koyoke."
Banner at front of marquee reads, "The Maine Civic Theatre."
Town Taxi Company cab at right.
Photo published in the Portland Sunday Telegram, on 19 November 1939.
Recommended Citation
"Civic Theatre, 1939" (1939). Businesses & Buildings - Portland Press Herald Still Film Negatives. 84.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/84
Keywords
Portland, Me., Downtown Portland, Bayside, Theaters, Congress Street
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