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Description
Stephen and Zilpah Longfellow raised their children, including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, in the house that was built by Zilpah's father, Peleg Wadsworth.
This room was known as the Boy's room and was used by younger boys in the Longfellow family after 1815. This room is the northwest room on the third floor.
About This Item
- Title: Boy's room, Wadsworth-Longfellow House, Portland, 1902
- Creator: Lamson studio
- Creation Date: 1902
- Subject Date: 1902
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 200, Box 2/2
- Collection: Wadsworth family glass plate negatives
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Bedrooms--Maine--Portland
- Dwellings--Maine--Portland
- Furnishings
- Historic buildings--Maine--Portland
- Houses--Maine--Portland
- Interiors
- Longfellow, Alexander--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 1807-1882--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Pierce, Anne Longfellow, 1810-1901--Homes and haunts--Maine--Portland
- Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)
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