Contributed by Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education
Description
This map of the city of Portland features many historic buildings that were later lost in the Great Fire of 1866 including the Abyssinian Meeting House less than a decade after its creation.
Full title: "A Map of the City of Portland with its Latest Improvements including a view of the principal buildings engraved and published by John Cullum, Portland."
About This Item
- Title: Map of Portland with illustrations of buildings, 1836
- Creator: John Cullum
- Creation Date: 1836
- Subject Date: 1836
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Engraving
- Dimensions: 38 cm x 50 cm
- Local Code: 11753 (OML-1836-5)
- Collection: Osher Map Library Sheet Map Collection
- Object Type: Image
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People
- Bayley, Robert
- Brackett, Anthony
- Burroughs, George
- Church, Benjamin
- Dow, Neal
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
- Titcolm, Joseph
- Wadsworth, Peleg
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For more information about this item, contact:
Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic EducationUniversity of Southern Maine, Glickman Library, PO Box 9300, Portland, ME 04014
(207) 780-4850
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