Scans from the Library's collection of 29 original Stereograph photographic views showing the aftermath of the Great Fire of 1866, which devastated the city of Portland during the afternoon of July 4th, 1866, as the city was anticipating an evening of holiday festivities.
The photographs were taken between July 12 - 14, 1866,
by John P. Soule, 199 Washington Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
Full text of John Neal's Account of the Great Conflagration in Portland, July 4th, & 5th, 1866 at this link.
Full text of John Neal's Account of the Great Conflagration in Portland, July 4th, & 5th, 1866 at this link.
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