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Description
This newspaper article is a memorial to the passengers who were lost on the steamship Portland when it went down in stormy weather on November 26, 1898. None of the 192 passengers or crew survived. When it went down, the steamship was heading from Boston to Portland.
About This Item
- Title: Memorial to Passengers of the Portland, 1898
- Creation Date: circa 1898
- Subject Date: circa 1898
- Location: ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 12 cm x 29 cm
- Local Code: Coll. S-6292
- Object Type: Text and Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Portland (Steamship).
- Portrait photographs
- Shipwrecks--New England--19th century
- Windstorms--New England--19th century
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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