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Contributed by City of Portland - Planning & Development

Description

With a view to the southeast, this photograph, taken from the tower of City Hall (1869-1908), affords a view of the Old Port and Portland Harbor in the summer of 1887.

Exchange Street runs from north to south from the lower edge to the center of the image. With its prominent clock tower, the First National Bank building, on the left-hand corner of Exchange and Middle Street, can be noted just left of center.

William S. Edwards, a civil engineer who worked in City hall from 1872-1906 included this image in an album he compiled in 1887.

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About This Item

• Title: Southeast view from City Hall, Portland, 1887
• Creator: William S. Edwards
• Creation Date: 1887-07-17
• Subject Date: 1887-07-17
• Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
• Media: Photographic print
• Dimensions: 11.4 cm x 18.4 cm
• Collection: Edwards Album
• Object Type: Image

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Standardized Subject Headings

• Banks--Maine--Portland
• Canal National Bank (Portland, Me.)
• Casco Bay (Me.)--History.
• City halls--Maine--Portland
• Exchange Street (Portland, Me.)
• Free Street (Portland, Me.)
• High Street (Portland, Me.)
• Streets--Maine--Portland

People

• Edwards, William S
• Fassett, Francis H
• Stevens, John Calvin

Other Keywords

• Boyd Building
• Canal Bank
• Casco Bank Block
• Corey’s Furniture
• Cross Street Portland
• Custom House Street Portland
• Exchange Street Portland
• First National Bank Building
• Fore Street Portland
• Middle Street Portland
• Oxford Building
• Phoenix
• The Custom House
• The Falmouth Hotel

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For more information about this item, contact:

City of Portland - Planning & Development
389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 756-8023

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