"The fascination of maps as humanly created documents is found not merely in the extent to which they are objective or accurate. It also lies in their inherent ambivalence and in our ability to tease out new meanings, hidden agendas, and contrasting world views from between the lines on the image." J. B. Harley

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	51. Lincoln Park Smith & Sale, Printers. 1909 From: The Dedication of Lincoln Park .... February 12, 1909 in observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. Lithograph, 20 x 33 cm Courtesy of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.
(image not yet available)	52. Portland, Me., Lincoln Park Postcard, 15.25 x 10.0 cm Maine Olmsted Alliance for Parks and Landscapes Enlarged Facsimile Courtesy of Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr.

The three maps in this grouping [53, 54, 55] represent the work of talented engineers in the employ of the city as it directed its expansion towards Back Cove and Deering. They were commissioned by Mayor James Phinney Baxter and completed by the Olmsted and Olmsted firm in 1905.

They envisioned the future of Portland's parks system along with detailed plans for the Eastern and Western Promenades. While the promenades pre-date the park movement with carriage roads laid out as early as 1837, neither was developed fully as a park until the late nineteenth century.

	53.General Plan for the Western Promenade From: James P. Baxter, The Park System of Portland (Portland, 1905) Boston: Heliotype Printing Co., 1905 Heliotype, 19 x 52 cm Osher Collection
	54. General Plan for the Eastern Promenade From: James P. Baxter, The Park System of Portland (Portland, 1905) Boston: Heliotype Printing Co., 1905 Heliotype, 18.5 x 55 cm Osher Collection
	55. General Plan for the Park System From: James P. Baxter, The Park System of Portland (Portland, 1905) Boston: Heliotype Printing Co., 1905 Heliotype, 28 x 34 cm Osher Collection

56. This 1869 plan for Evergreen Cemetery illustrates one of the city's first excursions off the peninsula. Needing more burial space for its growing population, it founded Evergreen Cemetery in what was then Westbrook. Burials actually began in 1854.

56. Charles R. Goodell Map of Evergreen Cemetery After a photograph by M. F. King Portland: John Russell,1869 J. Mayer & Co. Lithography Lithograph, 39 x 63 cm

57. This plan for Deering Oaks is an especially elegant example of city engineer William Goodwin's drafting skills and design sensibilities. His initial vision of the park was largely executed, although later plans by the Olmsted firm modified his work. Much of Deering Oaks was given to the city in 1879 by members of the Deering, Preble and Fessenden families. Other parcels were added over the next forty-four years.

57. Goodwin, William A. Deering Oaks 1879, pen and ink on linen Reduced facsimile Courtesy of Portland Public Works Dept.

58. This map shows the extent of green space in Portland today. It was prepared by Richard D. Kelly, Jr. to accompany a book published by Greater Portland Landmarks titled, Bold Vision: The development of the parks of Portland, Maine.

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