The great fire of Sept. 23, 1905, on Broadway, Butte, Mont. – Vintage 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 historic photograph of The great fire of Sept. 23, 1905, on Broadway, Butte, Mont. brings a moment of history to your wall. 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 of Sept. 23, 1905, on Broadway, Butte, Mont.
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Few pictures show a Montana city street in the middle of a disaster as directly as this stereograph of Broadway in Butte during the fire of September 23, 1905. Butte was then one of the busiest copper-mining centers in the West, so a fire in its commercial district put a great deal of property at risk. Stereo cards like this were meant to be viewed through a stereoscope, which gave the scene a sense of depth, and publishers such as William H. Rau sold them widely to readers far from the event. The caption data on the card is unverified, so details of the fire's extent are best checked against other sources.
| Created / published | c1905. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Subjects | Stereo copyrighted by E.W. Kelley. Publ. by William H. Rau; sold only by Universal View Co. No. 6279. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Fires...; Mont.--B-; Photog. I.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 794 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-133143 |
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