Item 100107 - "Portland burned July 5, 1866"
- Item 100107 - "Portland burned July 5, 1866"
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- Item 100107
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Image Info The lithograph created after the Portland Fire of July 4, 1866, shows tents that the city provided as temporary shelter for people who lost their homes.
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Black & Case took the photograph from which this print was made was taken on July 7, three days after the fire, which burned 1,800 buildings and left nearly 10,000 people homeless.
