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Description
The third-floor chamber in the Wadsworth-Longfellow house on Congress Street in Portland was thought to have been used by poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
The counterpane on the bed was made from the original 1808 curtains from the parlor chamber bedroom on the second floor.
Longfellow grew up in the house that was built by his grandfather Peleg Wadsworth.
About This Item
- Title: H.W. Longfellow's bedroom, Portland, 1904
- Creator: Lamson studio
- Creation Date: 1904
- Subject Date: 1904
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Glass Negative
- Dimensions: 20 cm x 25 cm
- Local Code: Coll. 200, Box 2/3
- 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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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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