The great fire at Boston: November 9th & 10th 1872 – 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 antique lithograph of The great fire at Boston: November 9th & 10th 1872 brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The great fire at Boston: November 9th & 10th 1872
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Currier & Ives, the New York firm known for quickly marketing topical scenes, issued this lithograph of the fire that swept through Boston on November 9 and 10, 1872. The blaze began in a crowded commercial district, and wooden buildings and strong winds carried it across a large part of the city's business core, leaving many firms and workers without premises or income. Prints like this one gave a wide public a dramatic view of the disaster, and the image still shows how the firm combined news value with popular spectacle.
| Created / published | New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1872. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph. |
| Genre | Lithographs 1870-1880. |
| Notes | Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2834 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-113663 |
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