Item 100154 - Poodle decoration, Portland, ca. 1850
- Item 100154 - Poodle decoration, Portland, ca. 1850
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- Item 100154
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Image Info The small decorative poodle -- or perhaps lamb -- burned in the Portland fire of 1866. It is charred and blackened, but otherwise intact. Dr. Stephen Cummings owned the decorative item.
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The fire began on July 4, 1866 on Commercial street and spread north and east, burning more than 1,800 buildings in Portland.
