S. E. View of Portland in 1832, Taken from Fort Preble on Purpooduck Point
J. H. Bufford from a sketch by J. R. Vinton, 1833
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This is an early view of Portland as seen from a popular vantage point in South Portland. It portrays the growing city in 1832, the year that it was incorporated as the first city in Maine, and appeared in the first history of Portland, published by William Willis.
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