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Description
Sam Novick and Max Simonds established Hub Furniture Company in 1913 in Portland. Novick and Simonds were Jewish immigrants from the same village in Eastern Europe, an area known today as the Republic of Belarus.
The first Hub Furniture store was located at 318 Congress Street. In 1923 Hub moved to 440 Congress Street, a building that was razed during the 1960s urban renewal movement.
About This Item
- Title: Hub Furniture Company storefront, Portland, 1935
- Creation Date: 1935
- Subject Date: circa 1935
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 10.2 cm x 12.7 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 1949, 2005.061.19307
- Collection: Portland Press Herald glass negative collection
- Object Type: Image
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