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Description
The postcard, printed in about 1910, has text of the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem, "The Rainy Day," and a small image of the Wadsworth-Longfellow house, the poet's childhood home, pasted above it. After poem, is printed: "Written at the house in 1841."
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About This Item
- Title: "The Rainy Day" postcard, Portland, ca. 1910
- Creator: Fred Thompson
- Creation Date: circa 1910
- Subject Date: circa 1910
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Postcard
- Local Code: Coll. 4014, Portland--Longfellow
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882. The Rainy Day.
- Maine Historical Society (Portland, Me.)
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland--Photographs
- Poetry
- Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Me.)--Photographs
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House--Exteriors
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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