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Current Exhibition:American Treasures October 18, 2009 - August 21, 2010American Treasures celebrates the reopening of the newly renovated and expanded Osher Map Library and Smith Center for Cartographic Education at the University of Southern Maine. It explores the library’s rich and varied collections and its mission to preserve those collections and make them accessible. Beginning with the foundational gifts by the Smith and Osher families, the library’s collections emphasize Maine and New England, followed in order by the United States, the Americas, and the (continued) |
(click on image to view in greater detail) | Portland, Maine, United States. 1859 From: The Illustrated London News (January 1, 1859): 4 Wood engraving, 19 x 27 cm Courtesy of Peter F. Morelli |
Launching Print, Portland, Maine, United States. From: The Illustrated London News, 1859The Illustrated London News in 1859 reproduced the image as a wood engraving. In this version the ship is actually launched. |
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