Full exterior view of Markson Brothers department store, 500 Congress Street, from north. Brown Street at left. View includes full block of stores from 500-510 Congress Street. From left: Markson\u27s, Lawless (502 Congress Street), Carroll Cut Rate store, Portland Linen Exchange, Jack and Jill Kiddie Shop, and eastern edge of W. T. Grant Company department store (512 Congress Street). [View including W. T. Grant, and Porteous, Mitchell, and Braun department stores at additional images link below] Photo published in the Portland Press Herald, on 2 August 1947https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/pphnegs_images_business/1288/thumbnail.jp