This photo shows Congress Street in the West End in 1888.
View from the Portland Observatory of the encampment set up after the fire of 1866.
This photo shows the center of Congress Street in 1895.
Congress Street in Munjoy Hill in this undated photo.
A closer look at Congress Street in 1895.
Monument Square, downtown Portland, circa 1900.
Monument Square in the early 1900s. The Edwards & Walker Co. building on the left is the current site of One Monument Square.
1904: This photo shows Congress Street in 1904 at the edge of the Parkside neighborhood.
This photo which may date from 1917, was taken from the porch of 34 Congress Street, at the corner of Morning Street. The house was owned by Herman Brewer Libby. His wife, Marion Olive Wilcox Libby, marched in the parade
A horse pulls a sleigh as it passes a two-family home at 263 Forest Avenue in the Oakdale neighborhood in this 1924 photo. The home, owned by Edward B. Winslow, was valued at $3,299, and the land was valued at $5,659. The house was razed in the 1960s  to make room for the construction of  I-295. Today, this site is the on-ramp for  I-295 near the entrance to the Hannaford Plaza. The structures behind the house are part of the old Winslow Pottery, now the location of a Hannaford supermarket. The pottery company was later called Portland Stoneware.
Corner of Congress and High streets in 1920.
Priscilla Libby Hill, age 6, standing near the corner of Congress and Morning streets on Munjoy Hill in January, 1923.
Northeast corner of Pine and West Streets, including Pine Street Lunch, 62 Pine Street, on the right.
This undated photo shows Congress Street in downtown Portland when horses, trolleys and cars shared the road, likely in the 1920s.
This undated photo shows the corner of Federal and Temple streets.
1936: The corner of Cumberland Avenue and Preble Street looking south.
Circa 1941 Congress Street cobblestone surface repairs, near India Street. Eastbound view, with Tommy's Hardware, 273 Congress Street at left, Etz Chaim Synagogue in background left. Northeast view, with E.C. McDonough druggist (235 Congress Street, near Montgomery Street) at center.
1950: A view down High Street as it crosses Cumberland Avenue and continues through the Parkside neighborhood in 1950. Note the two-way traffic on High Street.
Bumper-to-bumper traffic on Congress Street, Portland, at Monument Square in 1952.
1952: Monument Square and Benoit's Department Store.
This apartment house at the corner of Cumberland Avenue and Casco Street, was torn down along with adjacent buildings to make a parking lot after this 1954 photo.
This photo shows India Street in 1955. Amato's has been a mainstay of the neighborhood.
Hub Furniture sale circa 1941. The store was located at 440 Congress Street.
Corner of Congress and High streets around 1940.
The corner of Congress and High Streets before World War II.
High Street looking up towards State Drug at 603 Congress Street. The 1st Universalist Church is on the left.
This 1968 photo shows Congress and Free streets in downtown Portland.
Franklin Street looking north from Congress. Visible along the right edge of the photo is the Parish Hall of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, one of the few buildings in the neighborhood that survived the construction of Franklin Arterial.
1969: The 81-year-old 20-million-gallon reservoir and standpipe on Munjoy Hill off the Eastern Promenade, background, will be replaced by a covered concrete reservoir holding 2.25 million gallons of water. The land, owned by the Portland Water District, eventually will be sold for development to put the property back on the city tax rolls. The cost of the removal and construction project will be about $400,000. North Street is in foreground and Walnut Street is at right. This land was developed into Island View Apartments in 2002 helping to fuel revitalization of The Hill. A two-bedroom at Island View now rents for $1400.
This undated photo is possibly of 37 Pleasant Street taken from the SW.
The corner of High and Congress streets in the mid-1970s.
1979: Corner of Congress and High streets.
The corner of Congress and High streets in October 1979.
Modern Monument Square takes shape with a plaza and One Monument Square complete in 1974.
This 1977 photo of Wharf Street before the resurgence of the Old Port in Portland's downtown.
Congress Square park under construction in the summer of 1982.
Aerial view of Downtown Portland in 1984 looking across Temple Street northwest toward Monument Square, left center.
This 1986 photo shows the view east on Congress Street, Portland, up Munjoy Hill.
The view up Congress Street to Munjoy Hill in 1989.
The view of Munjoy Hill looking up Congress Street toward the Portland Observatory, September, 1983.
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