Item 35624 - View of Portland after the great fire, 1866
- Item 35624 - View of Portland after the great fire, 1866
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- Item 35624
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Image Info This bird's eye view of Portland depicts two days after the Great Fire of July 4th, 1866. Black & Case took the photograph, and and G. Bowker put it in perspective.
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The federal government provided tents to house the people whose homes were destroyed by the worst urban fire in the United States up to that time.
