Inside the Burning City
The flames advance and the people flee
Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871; Michael P. Conzen with research assistance from Christopher P. Thale, and cartographic design by Dennis McClendon, from Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, reproduced with permission of the Newberry Library. |
Chicago in Ruins; from Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871, based on sketches by Theodore R. Davis, 1871 (ichi-02935) |
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) |
The Great Fire in Chicago: Panic-stricken Citizens Rushing Past the Sherman House, Carrying the Aged, Sick and Helpless, and Endeavoring to Save Family Treasures; from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 28, 1871 (ichi-20909) |
Mayor Roswell Mason Note Ordering the Release of Prisoners, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64440) |
Reverse Side of Mayor Mason's Order Releasing the Prisoners, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64441) |
Orgies in the Doomed City--Men and Boys Drinking from the Casks of a Burning Liquor Store; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-02897) |
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, 1871 (ichi-35085) |
J.N. Janes and Wife Trying to Save a Favorite Dog and their Canary Birds; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-63831) |
Rescue of Ladies from the Flames; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-63830) |
