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Description
In addition to being one of Portland's mayors, James Phinney Baxter (1831-1921) was a businessman and benefactor of Portland and Gorham, the town of his birth.
He served as a president of the Maine Historical Society and donated libraries to Portland and Gorham.
About This Item
- Title: James Phinney Baxter, Portland, ca. 1890
- Creation Date: circa 1890
- Subject Date: circa 1890
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 9 cm x 7 cm
- Local Code: Photographs--People--Baxter
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Portland Public Library (Me.)--Benefactors
- Baxter Memorial Library (Me.)--Benefactors
- Library benefactors--Maine
- Libraries--Maine
- Philanthropists--Maine
- Mayors--Maine--Portland
- Baxter, James Phinney, 1831-1921--Portrait photographs
- Maine Historical Society--Presidents
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