The Great fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871. View from the west side / Gibson & Co.'s Steam Press, Cin. O. – Antique Wall Art
(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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This rare antique lithograph captures The Great fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871. View from the west side / Gibson & Co.'s Steam Press, Cin. O. in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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The Great fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871. View from the west side / Gibson & Co.'s Steam Press, Cin. O.
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Drawn from the west side of the city, this color lithograph shows Chicago as the fire of October 9, 1871 swept through its built-up districts. The blaze had started the night before and burned for roughly two days, destroying about 3.3 square miles, including much of the downtown business core, and leaving tens of thousands of residents homeless. Printed by Gibson & Co.'s Steam Press of Cincinnati, Ohio, and registered for copyright, the image was one of many popular prints that met public demand for pictures of the disaster.
| Created / published | c1871. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1870-1880. |
| Notes | 10032B U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871. Fires--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,793 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-214129 |
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