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Description
Edward H. Foster (1869-1927) posed for this photo in a four-wheeled buggy, hitched to a single horse, on a roadway in a wooded area. At the time, city Engineer William Goodwin employed then-eighteen-year-old Foster as his third assistant.
William Edwards, Goodwin’s First Assistant, included this image of his young colleague in an album he compiled of photographic prints. An inscription below the image reads: “E.H. Foster. Oct 1887 || Oct 24, 1887.”
About This Item
- Title: Portland Civil Engineer Edward Foster in a one-horse buggy, 1887
- Creator: William S. Edwards
- Creation Date: 1887-10-24
- Subject Date: 1887-10-24
- Location: Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Dimensions: 11.4 cm x 18.4 cm
- Collection: Edwards Album
- Object Type: Image
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City of Portland - Planning & Development389 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 756-8023
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