Contributed by Maine Historical Society
Description
View of the parlor inside the Wadsworth-Longfellow house on Congress Street in Portland.
The plaque on the wall reads "I may build more splendid habitations, fill our rooms with painting and with sculptures, but we cannot buy with gold the old associations."
The house was the childhood home of poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and was built by his grandfather, Peleg Wadsworth.
About This Item
- Title: Wadsworth-Longfellow House parlor, Portland, ca. 1905
- Creation Date: circa 1905
- Subject Date: circa 1905
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Lantern slide
- Dimensions: 8 cm x 10 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 4025, 01.02
- Collection: Ernest R. Rowe photograph collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Poetry
- Wadsworth, Peleg, 1748-1829--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)--Interiors--Photographs
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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