The great fire at St. John, N.B. June 20th 1877 – Antique 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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The great fire at St. John, N.B. June 20th 1877 comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The great fire at St. John, N.B. June 20th 1877
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The particular subject here is Saint John, New Brunswick, one of the oldest incorporated cities in Canada, struck by a major blaze on June 20, 1877. The fire swept through the city's crowded commercial district, and its scale made it one of the most talked-about urban disasters of the period in the Maritimes and across the border in New England. Currier & Ives, the New York firm that turned current events into affordable color lithographs, produced this sheet to reach buyers eager for images of the disaster. Such prints mix reportage with dramatic composition, so the firefighting scene and the crowds are worth reading as much for what they show of street life as for the flames themselves.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1877. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2836 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,132 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-174630 |
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