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Photographer: Allen C. Browne
Taken: May 29, 2017
Caption: Programme
Additional Description: “The ceremonies attending the unveiling and dedication of the monument in memory of the poet, Edgar Alan Poe, in Westminster Churchyard, took place this afternoon, the exercise preliminary to the unveiling taking place in the Western Female High School, in which building, adjoining the churchyard, the initial movement was taken in October, 1865 to devise some means to perpetuate the memory of one who has contributed so largely to American literature. Before 2 o'clock ... the school-house was crowded ... The platform was occupied by invited guests, nearly all … citizens of Baltimore, with the exception of Walt Whitman…”

New York Times, November 18, 1875
Courtesy of the Enoch Pratt Free Library, Central Library / State Library Resource Center, Baltimore, MarylandClose-up of image on marker
Submitted: May 31, 2017, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Database Locator Identification Number: p384193
File Size: 0.763 Megabytes

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