Contributed by Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Description
This map of the city of Portland shows advertisements for businesses along the border. Types of businesses listed include car dealerships, banks, hardware and appliance stores, hotels, restaurants, and insurance companies. Of particular interest is the funeral home Hay & Peabody advertising their "Private Ambulance Service."
Map shows Portland only a few years before I-295's expansion drastically changed many of Portland's neighborhoods.
About This Item
- Title: A shopper's guide map of Portland, 1965
- Creator: Community Advertising Co.
- Creation Date: 1965
- Subject Date: 1965
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Locations:
- Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- South Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Lithograph
- Dimensions: 56 cm x 71 cm
- Local Code: 14253 (MOR-1965-24)
- Collection: Morin Sheet Map Collection
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Cape Elizabeth (Me.)--Maps
- Portland (Me.)--Maps
- Portland (Me.)--Maps, Tourist
- Shopping--Maine--Portland--Maps, Tourist
- South Portland (Me.)--Maps
Other Keywords
- Albert G. Frost Co.
- Atherton's
- Beltone Hearing Aids
- Bowl-A-Rama
- Burgess, Fobes Co.
- Casco Stores
- Catir's
- Christy's Hardware
- Columbia Hotel
- Deering Appliance Co.
- E.C. Jones Insurance
- Edwards & Walker Co.
- Federal Loan and Building Association
- First Portland National Bank
- Flaherty Trucking Co.
- Globe Laundry & Dry Cleaning
- Gustafoson's
- Harris Oil Co.
- Hay & Peabody
- J.E. McBraddy & Son
- Loring, Short & Harmon
- Maine Motors Co
- Maine Savings Bank
- Merrill's Sea Food
- Miller's Greenhouses, Inc.
- Morong Brothers
- Pancake Kitchen
- Portland School of Driving
- Portland Stove Foundry Co.
- Woodford's Toyland
- Woodfords Furniture
- Woodfords Sq. Motor Mart
- Yerxa's
For more information about this item, contact:
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic EducationUniversity of Southern Maine, Glickman Library, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04014
(207) 780-4850
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