1928 Pictorial City Map of Portland, Maine

This is a 1928 Katherine Dudley pictorial city map or plan of Portland, Maine. The map depicts the region from the Fore River to Mackworth Point and from the Presumscot River to Fort Scammel and House Island. Wonderfully, almost whimsically, illustrated, buildings throughout town are illustrated in profile and labeled with white banners, including schools, churches, the hospital, the public library, and the Y.M.C.A. Roads throughout town are illustrated as well and the major ones are labeled. Bug Light marks the entrance to Portland Harbor and the bay is filled with ships. Captain John Smith's vessel, which arrived in 1614, is among those present, as is the Canceau, the Spitfire Bomb, and Captain Levett's expedition, which appeared in 1623. The whole is bordered by a series of vignettes and inset maps depicting such things and Portland's first church, first hotel, views State Street and Middle Street, and a view of Portland itself. The maps focus on Falmouth Neck, the Kennebunks, Sebaco Lake, and Prouts Neck

Publication History and Census

Created as a promotional piece for the Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Association (of which Dudley was a member), the map was 'designed, drawn, and colored by Katherine Dudley', copyrighted by the Tudor Press, and published by the Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Organization in 1928. The Portland Baby Hygiene and Child Welfare Organization was founded in 1919, was renamed the Catherine Morrill Day Nursery in 1920, and recently celebrated its 100th anniversary. The OCLC records examples in the institutional collections of the Osher Map Library and the David Rumsey Map Collection at Stanford University.