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An October 2017 aerial view of Portland, Maine

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

October 2017 aerial view of Portland, Maine, and its harbor

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

An October 2017 aerial view of Portland, Maine, and its busy harbor

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2016:103-11). Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the... More

Aerial view of Portland, Oregon

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

View of Cassidy's Restaurant, in a vintage downtown building in Portla...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Portland, Oregon's, downtown Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Portland, Oregon's, downtown Pioneer Courthouse Square, also known as ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2018; (DLC/PP-2016:103-12) Forms part of Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the C... More

Float representing Medford, Oregon--Fine Fruit Clime--Portland Rose Fe...

Stereograph showing two young girls riding on float being pulled by men on horseback; another float follows closely behind. H120653 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 14269.

Alice in Wonderland - theatrical playbill, public domain image

A playbill (program or brochure that is distributed to theater patrons prior to or during a performance that contains information about the play, its cast, and crew, as well as other details such as the theater... More

Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah Cou...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a classical or neoclassical building, architecture design, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hotel Lenox, 1100-1116 Southwest Third Street, Portland, Multnomah Cou...

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New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

New Portland Suspension Bridge, Spanning Carrabasset River, New Portla...

Significance: The New Portland (Wire) Bridge is the only early American suspension bridge that remains basically unaltered, aside from John A. Roebling's Delaware Aqueduct. It is also the only extant example of... More

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland Cou...

Significance: House was built in 1884 in the "shingle style" by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940, as his own residence and has an early example of revived use of the gambrel roof. Survey ... More

John Calvin Stevens House, 52 Bowdoin Street, Portland, Cumberland Cou...

Significance: House was built in 1884 in the "shingle style" by the Portland architect John Calvin Stevens, 1855-1940, as his own residence and has an early example of revived use of the gambrel roof. Survey ... More

Portland, Oregon - the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest / C.L. Smit...

Print showing bird's-eye view of Portland, Oregon. 13216 U.S. Copyright Office. 1888, population with suburbs, 60,000. Supplement to "The West Shore," Portland, Oregon. Copyrighted 1888.

[Armbruster, Portland Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. "Armbuster"- -caption on card. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

Fort McKinley, Double Mine Building, East side of East Side Drive, app...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah Coun...

Significance: The Oriental Theatre, the second largest moving picture theatre built in Oregon, was erected in conjunction with an office building and contained notable examples of thematic decor derived from an... More

Oriental Theatre, 828 Southeast Grand Avenue, Portland, Multnomah Coun...

Significance: The Oriental Theatre, the second largest moving picture theatre built in Oregon, was erected in conjunction with an office building and contained notable examples of thematic decor derived from an... More

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

Morse-Libby House, 109 Danforth Street, Portland, Cumberland County, M...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS ME-53 Building/structure dates: ca. 1859 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 70000074

Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...

Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More

Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...

Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More

Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...

Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More

Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...

Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More

Steel Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at State Route 99, Portland, M...

Significance: An early example of the Waddell-type vertical lift bridge, the Steel Bridge documents that, guided by Harrington, most features of the type achieved "standard" form by 1912. It also demonstrates ... More

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, H.P. Boiler Room, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-L Building/structure dates: 1924 Initial Construction

Benjamin a Gifford - Chicago Portland Special, O.R. & N. Co.

H82108 U.S. Copyright Office May be Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. No. 260. Copyright deposit; Benjamin A. Gifford; August 18, 1906.

Spring Point Ledge Light Station, End of breakwater at foot of Fort Pr...

Survey number: HABS ME-183

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow House, 487 Congress Street, Portland, Cumbe...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1 Survey number: HABS ME-2 Building/structure dates: 1785- 1786 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1815 Subsequent Work National ... More

First Parish Church (Unitarian), 425 Congress Street, Portland, Cumber...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-29 Survey number: HABS ME-6 Building/structure dates: 1825- 1826 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1852 Subsequent Work

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, Northeast end of Portland Breakwater, ...

Significance: This Greek Revival structure was first built in 1855 and rebuilt in 1875. It is constructed of cast-iron plate, its bolted joined covered by cast-iron Corinthian columns, cornices, and cresting. T... More

Bridge Street Bridge, Spanning Grand River at Bridge Street, Portland,...

Significance: The Bridge Street Bridge in Portland is a rare two-span metal through truss, with two spans 100 feet in length, featuring decorative treatment at the end posts. This is the oldest known surviving... More

Portland, Me., from South Portland

Picryl description: Public domain image of a harbor, sailing ship, boat, city building, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mechanics' Hall, 159 Congress Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Survey number: HABS ME-129 Public domain photograph of theater building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland General Electric Company, Office-Garage-Equipment Buildings, ...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-D Building/structure dates: 1955 Initial Construction

Sellwood Bridge, Spanning Willamette River at Southeast Tacoma Street,...

Significance: The Sellwood Bridge, the busiest two-lane bridge in Oregon, is the southern-most span in an ensemble of twelve monumental highway bridges across the lower Willamette River at Portland, Oregon. Th... More

Woodman Building, 140 Middle Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: Complete, well-preserved, and flamboyant facade. Survey number: HABS ME-136 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction

Standard Mill, 116-118 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Standard Mill, 116-118 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Minnesota, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Standard Mill, 116-118 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co...

Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Standard Mill, 116-118 Portland Avenue South, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co...

Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Meridian Street Bridge, Spanning Salamonie River at State Road 27, Por...

Significance: The bridge is the only reinforced concrete thru arch bridge remaining in Indiana. Survey number: HAER IN-93

Meridian Street Bridge, Spanning Salamonie River at State Road 27, Por...

Significance: The bridge is the only reinforced concrete thru arch bridge remaining in Indiana. Survey number: HAER IN-93

Portland General Electric Company, Office Building, 1841 Southeast Wat...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-F Building/structure dates: ca. 1930 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, Office Building, 1841 Southeast Wat...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-F Building/structure dates: ca. 1930 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, Welding Shop, 1841 Southeast Water ...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-E Building/structure dates: after 1940 Initial Construction

Portland General Electric Company, Station "L", 1841 Southeast Water S...

Significance: Station "L" is primarily a group of six structures designed and built by the Portland General Electric Company between 1910 and 1929. The Station represents the growth and the use of Portland Gen... More

Portland General Electric Company, Station "L", 1841 Southeast Water S...

Significance: Station "L" is primarily a group of six structures designed and built by the Portland General Electric Company between 1910 and 1929. The Station represents the growth and the use of Portland Gen... More

Portland General Electric Company, Station "L", 1841 Southeast Water S...

Significance: Station "L" is primarily a group of six structures designed and built by the Portland General Electric Company between 1910 and 1929. The Station represents the growth and the use of Portland Gen... More

Portland General Electric Company, Station "L", 1841 Southeast Water S...

Significance: Station "L" is primarily a group of six structures designed and built by the Portland General Electric Company between 1910 and 1929. The Station represents the growth and the use of Portland Gen... More

Portland General Electric Company, Station "L", 1841 Southeast Water S...

Significance: Station "L" is primarily a group of six structures designed and built by the Portland General Electric Company between 1910 and 1929. The Station represents the growth and the use of Portland Gen... More

Portland General Electric Company, Station "L", 1841 Southeast Water S...

Significance: Station "L" is primarily a group of six structures designed and built by the Portland General Electric Company between 1910 and 1929. The Station represents the growth and the use of Portland Gen... More

Fort Allen Park, Portland, Me. - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Portland harbor and city from Congress Square Hotel

Public domain photograph of a hotel building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Venable Hotel, 1024 Southwest Third Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County...

Significance: The Hamilton Hotel is significant as an example of its architectural style and building type associated with low-income urban dwelling, and because of its association with its designer, noted Port... More

Venable Hotel, 1024 Southwest Third Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County...

Significance: The Hamilton Hotel is significant as an example of its architectural style and building type associated with low-income urban dwelling, and because of its association with its designer, noted Port... More

Venable Hotel, 1024 Southwest Third Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County...

Significance: The Hamilton Hotel is significant as an example of its architectural style and building type associated with low-income urban dwelling, and because of its association with its designer, noted Port... More

[Garrett, Portland Team, baseball card portrait]

Public domain reproduction of portrait art print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burroughs Street Bridge, Spanning Flat River, Lowell, Kent County, MI

Address changed from "Spanning the Flat River at Burroughs Drive, Lowell vic., Kent County, Michigan" to "Spanning Looking Glass river on Portland Riverwalk, Portland, Ionia County, Michigan" because the bridge... More

John Mussey House, 91 Danforth Street Northwest, Portland, Cumberland ...

Suggested address, 91 Danforth Street NW, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-31 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

John Mussey House, 91 Danforth Street Northwest, Portland, Cumberland ...

Suggested address, 91 Danforth Street NW, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-31 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

John Mussey House, 91 Danforth Street Northwest, Portland, Cumberland ...

Suggested address, 91 Danforth Street NW, is not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS ME-31 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland C...

Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged ex... More

Fort Gorges, Hog Island Ledge, Portland Harbor, Portland, Cumberland C...

Significance: It is a very prominent and intriguing part of the Casco Bay view from Portland's Fort Allen Park and Eastern Promenade, and so viewed by thousands every year. Architecturally it is an unchanged ex... More

U. S. Customs House, 312 Fore Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: The U.S. Customs House is an excellent and well-preserved example of late nineteenth-century architecture designed by and for the federal government. The cornerstone was laid on May 6, 1868 and th... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Pioneer Post Office, 700 SW Sixth Avenue, Portland, Multnomah County, ...

Significance: The Pioneer Courthouse is one of the most important federally-funded buildings in the Pacific Northwest. Built in 1875, the Italianate building is styled with classic, restrained architectural det... More

Portland General Electric Company, Turbine Building, 1841 Southeast Wa...

Survey number: HAER OR-12-H Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work

McLellan-Sweat House, 111 High Street, Portland, Cumberland County, ME

Significance: A handsome Federal style house, with noteworthy detailing and interior woodwork. Significant as documentation of the lifestyle of the merchant elite of early 19th century New England. Unprocesse... More

Slateford House, Small Dwelling, U.S. Route 611 & T709 (Upper Mount Be...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a basement, underground, lobby, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort McKinley, Meteorological Station, East side of Weymouth Way, appr...

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, ...

Significance: The Slateford farm was established in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, retaining two of its early structures. The main house, built before 1850, exhibits finely crafted interior and ex... More

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, ...

Significance: The Slateford farm was established in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, retaining two of its early structures. The main house, built before 1850, exhibits finely crafted interior and ex... More

Slateford House, U.S. Route 611 & T709, Portland, Northampton County, ...

Significance: The Slateford farm was established in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, retaining two of its early structures. The main house, built before 1850, exhibits finely crafted interior and ex... More

[Krapp, Portland Team, baseball card portrait]

Baseball card title devised by Library staff. Issued by: American Tobacco Company. Forms part of: Baseball cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection.

[Niagara Falls from the Canadian side] / drawn on the spot by Captn. J...

191243 U.S. Copyright Office. Proof before letters.

Alamo Roman & Portland Cement Company, Brackenridge Park, San Antonio,...

Significance: Organized on January 15, 1880, the Alamo Roman and Portland Cement Company claims to be the first manufacturing establishment to produce true Portland cement west of the Mississippi River. The man... More

Alamo Roman & Portland Cement Company, Brackenridge Park, San Antonio,...

Significance: Organized on January 15, 1880, the Alamo Roman and Portland Cement Company claims to be the first manufacturing establishment to produce true Portland cement west of the Mississippi River. The man... More

Fort McKinley, Battery Berry Observation Station, North side of Wood S...

Significance: Fort McKinley attains significance as the largest of Portland Harbor's five military complexes built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The fort protected Maine's principal city with one ... More