Chicago Fire October 8th and 9th, Illinois, 1871 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Chicago Fire October 8th and 9th, Illinois, 1871, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: The Great conflagration of Chicago. October 8th and 9th, 1871
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Chicago Fire October 8th and 9th, Illinois, 1871
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Chicago in October 1871 was a fast-growing rail, grain, and lumber city of roughly 300,000 people, with much of its construction in wood. Beginning on the evening of October 8 and burning into October 9, a fire spread across the city's central and North Side districts, destroying about 3.3 square miles, around 17,000 buildings, and the water-works area. Several hundred people died, and tens of thousands were left homeless. Residents soon called the disaster simply "the Great Fire," and the rebuilding that followed, with brick and stone replacing timber, shaped the city's later skyline. This view records the burned ground in the months after the flames were put out.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Creator | shaw, william |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Illinois |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 2,700 × 977 px · prints to 9 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | The Great conflagration of Chicago. October 8th and 9th, 1871 |
| Reference | IL Chicago Fire October 8th and 9th, 1871 |
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