Silver watches fused together in Great Chicago Fire, 1871
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1871
- Description
Two silver pocket watches fused together at edges. One watch has a small square floral pattern engraved on the front, the other a mesh-like covering with badly damaged floral pattern at edges . Both are blackened and distorted on outside edges.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Location
- United States
Chicago (Ill.) - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Height: (4.625 in)Width: (2.5 in)Depth: (1.25 in)Sterling silver
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Silver watches fused together in Great Chicago Fire, 1871. circa 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1808. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 1871) Silver watches fused together in Great Chicago Fire, 1871. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1808
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1808>.