Newberry Library - Chicago Fire of 1871: Washington St. East from LaSalle

Chicago Fire of 1871: Washington St. East from LaSalle

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Title Chicago Fire of 1871: Washington St. East from LaSalle

Creator Clark, C. R. (Charles R.)

Date 1871

Subjects Buildings, Great Fire (Chicago, Illinois : 1871), Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871, Photograph collections

Summary Disbound volume of 177 individually mounted photographs of Chicago taken before and after the fire of 1871. Includes views of churches, bridges, businesses, houses, streets, rubble and miscellaneous devastated areas. Also, a letter to Byron L. Smith from C.R. Clark, written in 1911, offering such an album for "one hundred dollars completed". Covers of the volume are included.

Biographical/Historical Note C.R. Clark's letterhead records the following: "Receiver of Cash Grain. Grain bought and sold for future delivery. 536 Postal Telegraph Building, Chicago."

Format Photographs

Archival Collection Title C.R. Clark photograph book, Midwest Manuscript Collection (Newberry Library)

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Call Number Midwest MS Clark Box 1 Folder 119

BibID 822272

Projects Tag Chicago and the Midwest

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Size 3670px × 5031px 52.87 MB

Filename 998222728805867_mms_clark_bx_1_fl_119.tif

Unique Identifier NL111HLC

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