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"Cheer Up"; Editorial from the Chicago Tribune, October 11, 1871 (ichi-64419) |
"Did I Ever Tell You What Your Great Grandma Did to Chicago?"; Burr Shafer, Cartoon, ca. 1960s (ichi-63956) |
"Fleeing from the burning city"; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil, Chalk, and Paint Drawing, 1871 (ichi-37788) |
"Halt! Who Goes There?"; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil, Chalk, and Paint Drawing, 1871 (ichi-02990) |
"I have been obliged . . . to move my quarters"; John G. Ashleman, Broadside, October 20, 1871 (ichi-63139) |
"Looking from the Lake near the River"; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil and Chalk Drawing, 1871 (ichi-64349) |
"Nothing Unusual Occurred during the Night"; Morning Report of Captain P. M. Ryan, 1st Regiment of Illinois Volunteers, October 19th, 1871 (ichi-... |
"Preaching at the Methodist church cor. of LaSalle St. and Chicago Avenue Sunday Oct 15th"; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil and Chalk Drawing, 1871 (ichi-... |
"Scene on the Prairie, Monday night"; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil, Chalk, and Paint Drawing, 1871 (ichi-64140) |
"West Side from Lake St. Bridge Chicago"; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil and Chalk Drawing, 1871 (ichi-02979) |
Chicago Fire-Bells: Nocturne for Piano; Clara E. Saylor, Sheet Music, ca. 1872 (ichi-64550) |
Courthouse Square; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62080) |
From the Ruins Our City Shall Rise; Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-63137) |
Full Account of the Great Fire, and New Business Directory of Leading Houses, ca. 1872 (ichi-63833) |
Grand Exposition March; Louis Falk, Sheet Music, 1873 (ichi-64400) |
Harper's Weekly, November 11, 1871 (ichi-02918) |
Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871 (ichi-02887) |
Lakeside Monthly, January, 1872 (ichi-64226) |
Lines Written on the Most Dreadful Fire that Broke Out in Chicago in America; Jeramiah Cronan, Broadside, 1871 (ichi-06191) |
Passing Through the Fire; George F. Root, Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-64406) |
Pity the Homeless, or Burnt Out; James R. Murray, Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-13455) |
Relief: A Humorous Drama, by a Chicago Lady, 1872 (ichi-63821) |
Report Made by Lieut. General P. H. Sheridan on the Condition of Affairs in the City of Chicago, 1871 (ichi-64227) |
Spirit of Prayer (ichi-64079) |
The Chicago Pulpit, October 19, 1872 (ichi-63823) |
The Greatest Calamity of Modern Times: Burning of Chicago, ca. 1871 (ichi-63827) |
The Seven Fires: A Masque of Chicago; Program from the Chicago Bureau of Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches 5oth Fire Anniversary... |
A Century of Progress; Chicago World's Fair Broadside, 1933 (ichi-06172) |
A Cluster of Files (ichi-63862) |
A Family Terribly Perish on the Roof of a House, in View of the Multitude Below; from E. J. Goodspeed, The Great Fires in Chicago and the West... |
A Pass for Percy English; Handwritten Order, October 16, 1871 (ichi-63789) |
Administration Building, World's Columbian Exposition; C. D. Arnold, Photograph, 1893 (ichi-64413) |
Advertisement for Chicago Fire Cyclorama; from Chicago Daily Tribune, September 17, 1893 |
Aerial View Michigan Ave and Oak Street Beach; Photograph, ca. 1925 (ichi 05789_v2) |
Aerial View of Central Downtown Chicago; Photograph, 1926 (ichi-05798) |
Aid for the Suffering Thousands--Col. Jim Fisk Jr. Drives a Team; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-02873) |
Alarm Box from the Time of the Fire (ichi-64475) |
Alive, If Not Still Ticking; Julian Rumsey's Watch (ichi-63867) |
All Gone But Wife, Children, and Energy; Hand-Painted Wooden Sign (ichi-64473) |
Among The Ruins In Chicago: Bigelow House; G. N. Barnard for Lovejoy & Foster, 1871 (ichi-39579) |
Among the Ruins in Chicago: Court House Seen Through Ruins of East Side of Clark Street; G. N. Barnard, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21546) |
An Affecting Scene. A Sick Girl is Rescued by her Heroic Sister at the Peril of her Life; from George L. Barclay, The Great Fire of Chicago... |
Anaglyph Version of J. H. Abott Stereograph of the Cottage of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, 1871 |
Anaglyph Version of Lovejoy & Foster Stereograph of Ruins of the Mammoth Store of Field & Leiter, 1871 |
Anaglyph Version of P. B. Greene Stereograph of the Court House After the Fire, 1871 |
Anaglyph Version of P. B. Greene Stereograph of the Post Office and Custom House after the Fire, 1871 |
Anaglyph Version of Shaw Stereograph of View Northeast toward the Water Tower after the Fire, 1871 |
Anna Matson, The City that a Cow Kicked Over, 1881 (ichi-36033) |
Anniversary of the Great Fire; from the Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1872 |
Badge Used by Special Police (ichi-63846) |
Bellinger House; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Bent Bottle, from E. Burnham and Son, Wholesale Druggists (ichi-64471) |
Bessie, Harriet Jesse Peabody's Doll (ichi-64649) |
Bird's Eye View of the Business District of Chicago; Lithograph, 1898 (ichi-14892) |
Bird's-eye View of Chicago as It Was before the Great Fire, 1871 (ichi-05671) |
Bird's-Eye View of the Century of Progress; William F. Schuessler, Broadside, 1933 (ichi-64416) |
Booksellers' Row after the Chicago Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-29599) |
Briggs House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-61958) |
Cathedral of the Holy Name; J. Carbutt, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-64411) |
Centennial Fire Medal, 1971 (ichi-64427) |
Chamber of Commerce; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-63073) |
Charity at Home; German Relief Society Letter, February 22, 1872 (ichi-63800) |
Charles Tobey Furniture and Bedding, 87-89-91 State Street (now 103 N. State); Potter Palmer Real Estate Album, Photograph, 1868-69 (ichi-64383)... |
Chicago Avenue Water Tower and Pumping Station; Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-05902) |
Chicago City Hall and Cook County Courthouse; Barnes-Crosby, Photograph, ca. 1906 |
Chicago Day Edition; from the Inter Ocean, October 9, 1893 (ichi-25184) |
Chicago Day Ticket (ichi-63855) |
Chicago Federal Building; Photograph, 1906 (ichi-18264) |
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Fifth (ichi-63840) |
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the First (ichi-63836) |
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Fourth (ichi-63839) |
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Second (ichi-63837) |
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Third (ichi-63838) |
Chicago Fire Monument; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Chicago Historical Society 1971 Addition; Hedrich-Blessing Harr, Photograph (HB-36200A) |
Chicago Historical Society Great Chicago Fire Galleries; Photograph, ca. 1932 (ichi-63060) |
Chicago Historical Society, 1896-1932; Photograph (ichi-26018) |
Chicago History Museum; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Chicago in 1820; C. Inger for Inger and Bodtker, Lithograph, 1867 (ichi-18310) |
Chicago in Flames--Burning of the Chamber of Commerce and the Crosby Opera House; from Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871 (ichi-63127) |
Chicago in Flames--The Rush for life over Randolph-Street Bridge; from Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871 (ichi-63135) |
Chicago in Flames. Scene in Dearborn St. Burning of the Tremont House; Kellogg & Bulkeley, Lithograph, 1872 (ichi-63130) |
Chicago in Flames; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-23436) |
Chicago in Flames; Union Publishing Company, Lithograph, 1872 (ichi-64423) |
Chicago in Ruins; from Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871, based on sketches by Theodore R. Davis, 1871 (ichi-02935) |
Chicago on Fire!; Broadside, October 9, 1871 (ICHi-20590) |
Chicago Water Works; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-06859) |
Chicago Waterworks after the Fire; from a Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-13918) |
Chicago, October 10, 1871; Engraving from Every Saturday, November 4, 1871, based on a Drawing by Alfred Fredericks (ichi-63771) |
Chicago, the Metropolis of the North West; Louis Kurz, Lithograph, 1864 (ichi-05769) |
Chicago; F. Sala & Company, Lithograph, 1871 (ichi-63773) |
Chicago; I. T. Palmatary for Herline & Hensel, Lithograph, 1857 (ichi-05656) |
Childhood's End; Porcelain Doll Bust (ichi-64472) |
Col. Wood's Museum; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-63082) |
Collect the Entire Set; Medals and Bells (ichi-64477) |
Cook County Courthouse and Jail under Construction; Photograph, ca. 1874 (ichi-02021) |
Cooling a Safe Amid the Ruins; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21520) |
Cor. Lake & State Streets; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-64272) |
Cor. State and Washington Street; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-31532) |
Corner Lake Street and Wabash Avenue; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62076) |
Corner of Clark and Water Streets; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62077) |
Corner of State and Madison after the Fire; Photograph, 1871 (ichi-02811) |
Court House Finial; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Cover of Harper's Weekly, November 4, 1871 (ichi-63128) |
Cover of C. C. Hine, Mrs. Leary's Cow: A Legend of Chicago, 1872 (ichi-64228) |
Cover of E. P. Roe, Barriers Burned Away, 1872 |
Creative Destruction; Melted Marbles (ichi-64557) |
Crosby's Opera House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62079) |
Custom House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-61956) |
Destruction of Chicago by Fire, Oct. 1871; Thomas Kelly, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02956) |
Doing the Dishes; Stack of Ceramic Teacups (ichi-64480) |
Don't Let it Happen Again; Philip M. Kalas, Fire Prevention Week Poster, 1996 (ichi-64138) |
Draft of Western Union Telegram from Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan to Secretary of War W. W. Belknap, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64136) |
East Side of State Street, Looking North from Madison; Copelin Album, Photograph, 1878-79 (ichi-04753) |
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Enterprising Young Merchant Disposing of Relics Opposite the Ruins of the Sherman House; from E. J. Goodspeed, History of Great Fires in... |
Entrance to the Centennial Exhibition; Photograph, 1971 (ichi-62519) |
Ezra B. McCagg Conservatory and Residence after the Fire; Photograph, 1871 (ichi-31493) |
Farwell Building after the Fire; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-39415) |
Fearful Retribution. Thieves and Incendiaries are Hanged by the Heels and Brained; from George L. Barclay, The Great Fires of Chicago,... |
Field & Leiter Store before the Fire; Stereograph, P. B. Greene, ca. 1871 (ichi-64398) |
Finishing the Roof of the Chamber of Commerce; Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1872 (ichi-02860a) |
Fire Commemoration; Photograph, Chicago Daily News, 1924 (DN-0077731) |
Fire Diorama; Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Fire Drill; Casey Prunchanas, Photograph, 1971 (ichi-63955) |
Fire Histories (ichi-63834) |
Fire Memoir of Julia Lemos, 1912 (ichi-63803) |
Fire Panorama; H. A. Thomas, Lithograph, 1878 (ichi-06196) |
Fire Sale; Stack of Charred Invoices (ichi-64078) |
Fire Show; Broadside, 1946 (ichi-64070) |
Fire-Fused Metal Behind Chicago History Museum; Digital Photograph, 2011 |
First Congregational Church; Copelin & Sons, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-22321) |
First Congregational Church; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-31533) |
First Methodist Episcopal Church Block before the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-22330) |
First Page of Handwritten Transcript of Catherine O'Leary's Testimony before the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, 1871 (ichi-32210) |
First Store in the Burnt District; Copelin & Hine, Stereograph, 1871 (ICHi-02773) |
Fixing the Price of Bread; Broadside, October 10, 1871 (ichi-31899) |
Flying the Flag; Supplement to Chicago Herald and Examiner, October 2, 1921 (ichi-16211) |
Full Circle; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Fused Screws (ichi-64558) |
George F. Rumsey Home after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-29594) |
George F. Rumsey House before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-29595) |
Getting the Engine to the Fire; Photograph, 1971 (ichi-63058) |
Glossop's Hotel, Business, and Amusement Map; Frank Glossop, 1884 (ichi-64340) |
Go, Flames!; Bumper Stickers, 1996 |
Good as Gold; Illustration from the Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1896 |
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church; Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-64410) |
Hail to the Chief; Oscar & Associates, Photograph, 1971 (ichi-63061) |
Hand-Drawn Map of the Burnt District; from Letter of Joel Bigelow to his Brothers, October 10, 1871 (ichi-63802) |
Hands Across the Flames; Marble Statue Fragment (ichi-64487) |
House with One Room; from Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions for the Sufferers by the Chicago Fire... |
In Memory of the Great Fire at Chicago; Lithograph, based on the Painting by Edward Armitage, 1873 (ichi-63132) |
Inter-State Exposition Building; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-64394) |
J.N. Janes and Wife Trying to Save a Favorite Dog and their Canary Birds; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-63831) |
Jas. D. Montague, The Fire Bugs of Chicago, 1897 (ichi-63772) |
John McGovern, Daniel Trentworthy: A Tale of the Great Fire of Chicago, 1889 (ichi-63820) |
Joseph Medill; C. D. Mosher, Cabinet Card Photograph, ca. 1876 (ichi-16828) |
Justice Has at Last Caught Up with Her; John T. McCutcheon, Editorial Cartoon, Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1934 |
Kerfoot Shanty; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64267) |
La Salle Street from the Southeast Corner of Washington Street; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1954 (ichi-21499) |
Lake Street Bridge; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-64269) |
Lamp Found in O'Leary's Barn; from A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-51076) |
LaSalle Street from Courthouse Square; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-63070) |
LaSalle Street North of Randolph Street, Photograph, 1890 (ichi-64374) |
LaSalle Street Tunnel at Kinzie Street; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Laying of the cornerstone for the Water Tower, March 25, 1867; Photograph (ichi-64424) |
Laying the Cornerstone of the New Cook County Courthouse and City Hall, September 21st, 1906--Vice President Fairbanks Leading the Parade; Barnes-... |
Letter of Joel Bigelow to his Brothers, October 10, 1871 (ichi-63785) |
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Letter of Justin [Butterfield] to "Chum" [Philip Prescott], October 19, 1871 (ichi-63779) |
Letter of William Gallagher to his Sister, October 17, 1871 (ichi-64418) |
Letter of William Wieboldt to his Parents, October 30, 1871 (ichi-63787) |
Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan; C. D. Mosher, Cabinet Card Photograph, ca. 1876 (ichi-63957) |
Lill's Premiun Stock Ales, 167 State St. (now 101 S. State Street); Potter Palmer Real Estate Album, Photograph, 1868-69 (ichi-39659) |
Looking East to the Corner of Lake and LaSalle Streets; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1953 (ichi-64365) |
Looking North from East Adams Street; from Rand-McNally, Bird's-Eye Views and Guide to Chicago, 1898 |
Looking North on State Street from Washington Street; Photograph, 1928 (ichi-64367) |
Map of the Business Portion of Chicago; E. Whitefield for Rufus Blanchard, 1862 (ichi-64073) |
Map of the Business Portion of Chicago; Geo. F. Cram, 1909 (ichi-64339) |
Map of the Rebuilt Downtown; from New Chicago, 1872 (ichi-64137) |
Map Showing the Burnt District in Chicago, 3rd Edition; R. P. Studley Company, 1871 (ichi-02870) |
Marine Bank Building; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-63077) |
Marking the Spot; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Mayor Roswell Mason Note Ordering the Release of Prisoners, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64440) |
Medium Rare, Please; Centennial Dinner Program, 1971 (ichi-64232) |
Memories of the Chicago Fire; Julia Lemos, Oil Painting, 1912 (ichi-62293) |
Michigan Avenue from Park Row; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-63068) |
Michigan Avenue from the Lake; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62074) |
Michigan Avenue, North from Congress Street; Kaufman & Fabry, Photograph, 1911 (ichi-14407) |
Miniature Fireman's Hat Made from the Court House Bell (ichi-63848) |
Mr. Robinson Assesses the Damage; Hand-Annotated 1870 Rufus Blanchard Map of Chicago and Environs (ichi-64071) |
Mrs. Catherine O'Leary Milking Daisy; Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, ca. 1935 (ichi-64474) |
Mrs. O'Leary and Her Cow; Charles R. Clark, Photograph, 1911 (ichi-26580) |
Newsboy Crying the News of the Chicago Fire; Oscar Gustave Rejlander, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-18329) |
Nixon Building after the Fire; Warren R. Hansen, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39576) |
No Smoking; Manuscript Order, October 13, 1871 (ichi-63795) |
Northwest View from the Courthouse after the Fire; Copelin & Hine, Glass Lantern Slide, 1871 (ichi-64359) |
One Year From the Fire; Chicago Illustrated, October 1872 (ichi-64230) |
Orgies in the Doomed City--Men and Boys Drinking from the Casks of a Burning Liquor Store; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-02897) |
Origin of the Chicago Fire; W. O. Mull, Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1871 (ichi-64420) |
Origin of the Great Chicago fire Oct. 8th 1871; Lithograph from a Painting by L. V. H. Crosby, 1871 (ichi-02945) |
Original Chicago Historical Society; Photoprint (ichi-39192) |
Original Relic House, Before the Refreshment and Music Hall Was Added--1872; Photograph (ichi-51044) |
Palmer House Chicago; American Oliograph Company, Lithograph, 1873 (ichi-39476) |
Palmer House Grand Dining Room; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1880s (ichi-00748) |
Post Office and Custom House after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64153) |
Post Office and Custom House; Photograph, 1889 (ichi-32438) |
Post-Fire First Methodist Church Building; Photograph, ca. 1900 (ichi-19985) |
Presented to the City of Chicago; Bookplate, ca. 1871 (ichi-62301) |
Proclamation by Mayor Roswell B. Mason, October 9, 1871, Broadside (ichi-13962) |
Proclamation by the Mayor; Broadside, October 13, 1872 (ichi-63140) |
Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871; Michael P. Conzen with research assistance from Christopher P. Thale, and cartographic design by... |
Promoting Insurance; from Fire Centennial Issue of Chicago Commerce, 1971 |
Quenching the Flames; Schlitz Commemorative Chicago Beer Stein, 1971 |
Railroad Pass for Eliza Talbot, October 13, 1871 (ichi-63794) |
Rear of Chicago Historical Society Building; Hedrich Blessing, Photograph, ca. 1932 (HB-00888-G2) |
Rebuilding Chicago, Oct. 1871; Rufus Blanchard and Bulkeley & Kellogg, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02952) |
Rebuilding Chicago; Cover Illustration from Every Saturday, December 23, 1871 (ichi-63129) |
Rebuilt Chicago--The New Tremont House, Erected on the Old Site, by the Couch Estate; ca.1873 (ichi 00772) |
Relief for the Sufferers of Chicago; Jules Emile Saintin, Oil on Canvas, 1872 (ichi-64555) |
Rescue of Ladies from the Flames; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-63830) |
Residence of M.D. Ogden Showing the Ruins of Unity and New England Churches; Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64159) |
Residence on Monroe Street East of State Street; Potter Palmer Real Estate Album, Photograph, 1868-69 (ichi-64382) |
Resurrexit!; from the Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1881 |
Reverse Side of Mayor Mason's Order Releasing the Prisoners, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64441) |
Rookery Building and Board of Trade; Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-00253) |
Roswell B. Mason; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-31917) |
Ruins of Chicago Historical Society Building; Photograph, 1871 (ichi-02770) |
Ruins of Crosby's Opera House; Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-02767) |
Ruins of the Bryan Block, Northwest Corner of Monroe and LaSalle; G. N. Barnard, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21542) |
Ruins of the Court House after the Fire of 1871; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-38923) |
Ruins of the Mammoth Store of Field & Leiter; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21537) |
Ruins of the Masonic Temple; from Harper's Weekly, November 10, 1871 (ich-63125) |
Rush of fugitives through the Potter's Field toward Lincoln Park; Based on a Sketch by Theo R. Davis, from Harper's Weekly, November 4,... |
Rush Street Bridge from State St; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-63087) |
Rush Street Bridge; Photograph, ca. 1894 (ichi-64362) |
Sacred Site; Betty Hulett, Photograph, 1952 (ichi-63954) |
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Saving the Goat; from Letter of Justin [Butterfield], October 19, 1871 (ichi-63792) |
Sectional View of LaSalle Street Tunnel, from J. M. Wing, Seven Days in Chicago, 1877 (ichi-055690 |
Selling Milk; from Fire Centennial Issue of Chicago Commerce, 1971 |
Shelter Cottage; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Sherman House before the Fire; J. Carbutt, Stereograph, ca. 1870 (ichi-00761) |
Sherman House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1873 (ichi-63067) |
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Southern Limit of the Great Fire of 1871; from a Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-02745) |
Souvenir of the Court House Bell (ichi-63853) |
Special Relief; Order for Sewing Machine, July 27, 1872 (ichi-63801) |
Special Request, 1; Letter from T. W. Harvey, Endorsed by Wirt Dexter, October 17, 1871 (ichi-64371) |
Special Request, 2; Letter of George M. Pullman to Mayor Roswell B. Mason, October 23, 1871 (ichi-63788) |
St. James Episcopal Church after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64155) |
St. James Episcopal Church before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-22327) |
St. James Episcopal Church; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
St. Michael's Ashes (ichi-64560) |
St. Michael's Church after the Fire; Copelin & Sons, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64425) |
State and Madison; Photograph, ca. 1889 (ichi-23658) |
State Street looking north from Madison Street; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-22260) |
Statement of Families Aided; from Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions for the Sufferers by the... |
Steam Fire Engine Fred Gund No. 14; from Report of the Board of Police, in the Fire Department, 1871-72 (ichi-51522) |
Stereograph Viewer and Stereograph of Chicago after the Fire |
Temporary Buildings on Michigan Avenue; Jex Bardwell, Glass Lantern Slide, 1871 (ichi-64149) |
Terrace Row after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64279) |
Terrace Row; Copelin & Melander, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64156) |
The "I Will" Maiden; Stone Bust, 1893 (ichi-36691) |
The Billow of Fire; P. P. Bliss, Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-63138) |
The Book Room in the Old Water Tank; from The Merchants and Manufacturers of Chicago, 1873 (ichi-13217) |
The Bryan Block, Northwest Corner of Monroe and LaSalle Streets; from The Merchants and Manufacturers of Chicago Illustrated, 1873 (ichi-... |
The Burning of Chicago; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02954) |
The Case of Kate Moran, 1; Application, 1872 (ichi-63799) |
The Case of Kate Moran, 2; Letter of John Kennedy, 1872 (ichi-63798) |
The Case of Kate Moran, 3; Report of a Relief and Aid Society Visitor, 1872 (ichi-63796) |
The Case of Kate Moran, 4; Rejection of Application, February 26, 1872 (ichi-63797) |
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 1; Approved Application, 1872 (ichi-63784) |
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 2; Letter from Reverend J. Cate, January 29, 1872 (ichi-63782) |
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 3; Letter from T. F. Phillips, January 29, 1872 (ichi-63781) |
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 4; Letter from Alex Bengley, January 30, 1872 (ichi-63783) |
The Cause of the Great Chicago Fire Oct. 9th 1871; Kellogg & Buckeley, Lithograph, ca. 1872 (ichi-34703) |
The Chicago Fire--Ladies Distributing Clothing to Sufferers of Both Sexes; Based on a Sketch by Joseph Becker, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated... |
The Chicago Fire--The Randolph-Street Bridge; The Illustrated London News, October 11, 1871 (ichi-34682) |
The City of Chicago; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, 1892 (ichi-64072) |
The Cottage of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-02741) |
The Court House after the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64282) |
The Court House after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64157) |
The Court House Shortly Before the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64281) |
The Court of Honor after the Fire of January 8, 1894; Photograph (ichi-25106) |
The Court-House before the Fire; from A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-00442) |
The Destruction of Chicago, 8th, 9th & 10th of October 1871; G. F. Cram, Lithograph, 1871 (ichi-02960) |
The Fire Escape; Kellogg & Bulkeley, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02963) |
The Fugitives from Chicago; from The Graphic, 1871 (ichi-02913) |
The Great Calamity of the Age! Chicago in Ashes!!; Chicago Evening Journal-Extra, October 9, 1871 (ichi-06206) |
The Great Fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871--View from the West Side; Gibson & Company, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02969) |
The Great Fire in Chicago--Homeless Citizens Taking Refuge from the Flames among the Ruins; from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper,... |
The Great Fire in Chicago: Panic-stricken Citizens Rushing Past the Sherman House, Carrying the Aged, Sick and Helpless, and Endeavoring to Save... |
The Great Fire in Chicago: The Fire Crossing the River from the South to the North Side; Kellogg & Bulkeley, Lithograph, ca. 1872 (ichi-39266... |
The Great Fire in Chicago: The Race for Life over Randolph Street Bridge; Kellogg & Bulkeley, ca. 1872 (ichi-63131) |
The Homeless Taking Refuge in a Church; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil and Chalk Drawing, 1871 (ichi-64350) |
The Key to Ruins (ichi-63847) |
The Lind Block after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64152) |
The Mayor Shuts Two Saloons; Letter of Roswell Mason to Lieutenant-General Sheridan, October 20, 1871 (ichi-64372) |
The Most Signifcant and Grandest Spectacle of Modern Times; Chicago Day Broadside, 1893 (ichi-25164) |
The National Hand of Fellowship; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-63817) |
The Palmer House after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-26749) |
The Palmer House before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39580) |
The Palmer House; Photograph, ca. 1920 (ichi-00750) |
The Post Office and Custom House before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 |
The Reading Room of the Fifth Avenue Hotel--Discussing the News from Chicago; from Every Saturday, October 28, 1871 (ichi-02916) |
The Rebuilding of the Marine Building; Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1873 (ichi-02845) |
The Relic House Refreshment Hall; Cover of Promotional Pamphlet, 1906 (ichi-63842) |
The Ruins of the Tremont House; Glass Lantern Slide, 1871 (ichi-64048) |
The Saturday Night Fire; A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-35086) |
The Sergeant Building (formerly the Lind Block); J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1951 (ichi-64373) |
The Sherman House; Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-64638) |
The Temporary City Hall, from A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-00446) |
The Terrified Populace in Front of the Briggs House; from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 28, 1871 (ichi-63136) |
The Van Buren Street Bridge after the Fire; G. N. Barnard for Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-19792) |
The Water Tower, View South along Michigan Avenue; Chicago Daily News, Photograph, 1929 (DN-0020190) |
The Water Tower; Kaufman & Fabry, Photograph, 1929 (ichi-29600) |
The Waubansee Stone and Other Fire Relics; Photograph, 1911 (ichi-64375) |
The Wedding Amid The Ruins--A Romantic Incident Following the Destruction Of Chicago; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-02931) |
Thieves and Burglars!; Pinkerton's Police, Broadside, 1871 (ichi-37933) |
Title Page of Sheahan and Upton, Der Grosser Brand, 1872 (ichi-63825) |
To The Homeless; Broadside, October 16, 1871 (ichi-06194) |
Tremont House;Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-61955) |
Trinity Church before the Fire; Photograph, ca. 1870 (ichi-64361) |
Trinity Church; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-64271) |
Trouble at Relief and Aid Society Headquarters; Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, January 2... |
Trying to Save a Wagonload of Goods; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil, Chalk, and Paint Drawing, 1871 (ichi-37787) |
Tuthill King Family Furniture (ichi-64451) |
Undaunted--We Build; Image for Fire Semi-Centennial Poster, 1921 (ichi-64432) |
Union Fire Proof Ticket; Handbill, 1871 (ichi-20843) |
Unity Church before the Fire; J. Carbutt, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-00351) |
View from Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, West; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Court House Cupola, East/Southeast 1; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05736) |
View from Court House Cupola, East/Southeast 2; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05734) |
View from Court House Cupola, North/Northwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05724) |
View from Court House Cupola, North; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05742) |
View from Court House Cupola, Northwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05725) |
View from Court House Cupola, South/Southeast; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05732) |
View from Court House Cupola, Southwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05728) |
View from Court House Cupola, West; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ich-05726) |
View from Court House Cupola--South/Southwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05730) |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, East/Southeast 1; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, East/Southeast 2; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, East; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, North/Northwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, North; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, Northeast; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, Northwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, South/Southeast; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, South/Southwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, Southwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
View from the Court House Cupola, East; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1873 (ichi-05738) |
View from the Court House Cupola, Northeast; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05740) |
View from the Water Tower after the Fire; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-34525) |
View from Top of Ruins of Courthouse Looking North after the Fire of 1871; Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64335) |
View from Van Buren Street Bridge; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-64270) |
View North from the Van Buren Street Bridge; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1954 (ichi-64363) |
View North on Pine Street (now Michigan Avenue) to the Water Tower after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39582) |
View North on Pine Street (now Michigan Avenue) to the Water Tower before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39581) |
View Northeast toward the Water Tower after the Fire; Shaw, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64154) |
View of Booksellers' Row before the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-29598) |
View of Crosby's Opera House before the Fire; Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-64360) |
View of the Courthouse Bell after the Fire; Shaw Photographer, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64280) |
View of the Union Depot after the Fire of 1871; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-59804) |
View of Trinity Church after Fire of 1871; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-63815) |
View of Unity and New England Churches, from the Water Tower, after the Fire; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64283) |
View South of Michigan Avenue from the West Side of the Illinois Central Railroad Tracks; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-20505) |
View Southwest from the Water Tower after the Fire; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64284) |
View West on Madison Street; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1955 (ichi-64379) |
Virtuosity; Metal Fragment (ichi-64559) |
Washington Block; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Washington Square Park Relief and Aid Society Barracks; Copelin & Hine, Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1871 (ichi-2860) |
Water Tower and Pumping Station; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011 |
Waubansee Stone (ichi-64450) |
Welded Washers (ichi-64470) |
West Entrance to the Court House after the Fire; Copelin & Hine, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-02384) |
West on Lake Street from a Point 100 Feet West of of Michigan Avenue; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1954 (ichi-64369) |
West |
William LeBaron Jenney, Proposed Fire Monument; from Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago, 1872 (ichi-63826) |
Wood Fragment from O'Leary Barn (ichi-64489) |
Working at Night on Palmer's Grand Hotel, by Calcium Light; Engraving, ca. 1872 (ichi-02930) |
World's Columbian Exposition Dedication Parade; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, 1892 (ichi-23352) |
North |
Pity the Homeless or Burnt Out |
