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Description
Two small children buying and eating ice cream at a stand at Portland's Riverton Park, located along the Presumpscot River.
The park had been a popular venue reached by street railroads and was transformed in 1923 to an automobile destination.
About This Item
- Title: Ice cream at Riverton Park, Portland, 1924
- Creation Date: 1924
- Subject Date: 1924
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 8.3 cm x 10.8 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.7892
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Amusement parks--Maine--Portland
- Amusement rides--Maine--Portland
- Children
- Ice cream cones
- Restaurants
- Riverton Park (Portland, Me.)
- Snack bars
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