Longfellow elm trees, 1908
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View of the road heading toward the Longfellow farm in East Gorham.
The poet, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, spent much of his childhood there at the home of his grandparents, Stephen and Patience Young Longfellow.
The house, built in 1761, and farm were surrounded with hundreds of elm trees, set out in the late 1700s.
Other Information
- Title: Longfellow elm trees, 1908
- Creator: Lamson Studio
- Creation Date: 1903
- Subject Date: 1903
- Town: Gorham
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Photograph
- Dimensions (cm): 17 x 12
- Local Code: Photographs--Gorham
- Object Type: Image
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Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
American elm--Maine--Gorham
Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Gorham
Farms--Maine--Gorham
People
Longfellow, Henry W.
Longfellow, Stephen
Longfellow, Patience Young
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