Ruins of Sherman House, Chicago, after the great fire of Oct. 1871 – Historic 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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Ruins of Sherman House, Chicago, after the great fire of Oct. 1871 comes to life in this historic photograph, 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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Ruins of Sherman House, Chicago, after the great fire of Oct. 1871
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The Sherman House was one of Chicago's best-known hotels, and this stereograph shows its remains after the fire that tore through the city's center in October 1871. The blaze burned for roughly three days and destroyed much of the downtown business district, leaving broad stretches of brick walls and rubble. P.B. Greene made the card as a stereo view, meant to be seen in pairs through a stereoscope, a popular way to see distant places and recent events in the 1870s. Looking closely, the viewer can see how little of the hotel's structure survived.
| Created / published | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo by P.B. Greene. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Hotels--Ill.; Ill.--Chicago--Bldgs.; Ill.--Chicago--Hist.; Photog. Index; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 800 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132854 |
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