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Contemporary photo by Derek Davis/Staff Photographer; 1950 Press Herald photograph courtesy of the Portland Public Library Special Collections & Archives

A March 1950 Press Herald photograph shows two of the city’s old street signs on the corner of Neal Street and Spring Street in the West End.

The Portland Room of the Portland Public Library is in the process of organizing and conserving the archival collection of original Portland Press Herald, Maine Sunday Telegram and Evening Express photographic negatives — a major collection that spans from 1937 to 2005. Find more photos at www.pressherald.com/flashback/.


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