Contributed by NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site
Description
Elizabeth Clapp Porter (1822-1904), the daughter of Capt. Richard King Porter and Mary Clapp Porter, married Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow (1814-1901), son of Stephen and Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow, all of Portland, in 1851.
The daguerreotype was taken before her marriage.
The couple had five children, Mary King Longfellow, Alexander Jr., Elizabeth Porter Longfellow, Lucia Wadsworth Longfellow, and Richard King Longfellow.
About This Item
- Title: Elizabeth Clapp Porter, Portland, ca. 1850
- Creation Date: circa 1850
- Subject Date: circa 1850
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Daguerreotype
- Local Code: LONG 4819-ECPL
- Object Type: Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Longfellow family
- Longfellow, A.W. (Alexander Wadsworth), 1814-1901--Family
- Longfellow, Elizabeth Clapp Porter--Portrait photographs
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NPS, Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site105 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 876-4491
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