Valuables Recovery
Chicago Fire
Illustration of workers recovering valuables from the vaults of a bank destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire.
Location: Chicago, IL, US
Date taken: October 1871
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Chicago showing burnt district
On Sunday, October 8, the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 began in the barn behind Patrick O’Leary’s home at 137 (now 558 West) De Koven Street. The fire burned an area four and three-quarter miles long...
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Halt! Who Goes There?
The Waud DrawingsA soldier, his overcoat ruffled by the hot wind, questions two citizens trying to make their way across the city. This armed presence enforced the widely expressed comparison of fire-devastated...
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National Bank
Illustration of the ruins of the National Bank of Chicago destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire.
date: October 1871(1871-10)
Printed in Life Magazine October 1871. Downloaded from the Google/Life...
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Great Chicago Fire Painting 4
It was possibly the greatest U.S. disaster of the 19th century, and only from the immediate rebuilding of the city and support from cities all over the world was Chicago able to emerge as global...
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Trinity Church
Trinity Episcopal Church was erected in 1860 on the south side of Jackson Street between Michigan and Wabash Avenues. Following its destruction in the fire, it moved out of the center of the city, ...
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Views of the Great Fire - Trinity Church
From stereoview. Not dated. Copelin & Hine, Photographers, Chicago, Ill. Views of the Great Fire in Chicago, October, 1871. Hand written at the bottom is "N.W. from Mich Ave Hotel."
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Men screaming
The fire in Chicago, northern Illinois, destroyed much of the city and left about 90,000 people homeless. Pictures gathered from many places in memory of one of the greatest fire in metropolitan area.
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Rendering of the Fire
Artist's rendering of the fire, by John R Chapin, originally printed in Harper's Weekly; the view faces northeast across the Ran
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Aftermath of the fire
corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets, 1871corner of Dearborn and Monroe Streets, 1871
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