70 results for "Chicago Fire" OR "Chicago Great Fire"

Leather case with small metal latch on side, embossed in gold: Souvenir/of/Chicago Great Fire/Oct. 8 - 9 - 1871/made from metal/of/Old Court House Bell. Inside lined with purple satin-like fabric hold…

The Chicago Fire, October 8th & 9th, 1871, by Dr. A. Strickland, Chicago, 1872. Includes "a true and graphic account of the most terrible calamity by fire ever known". American Communities in History…

Picture postcards Captions in margin below picture on front of card: Clark Street [left], Dearborn Street [right]. Color postcard. Undivided back. Made in Germany. Illustration on front of card depict…

Four white china teacups fused together in a stack with numerous cup fragments fused to sides and top. Cups are discolored with brown, black, and yellow streaks.

Text in image: "Chicago the Great Central Market. Semi-Centennial Celebration Chicago Fire October 2-15". Caption: "Poster proclaiming celebration of Great Fire anniversary. The personifying figure of…

Exterior view, watch tower.

Rusted metal horseshoe with four nails attached.

Irregular mass of metal screws fused into a clump; mostly black with some rust.

Speaking trumpet (megaphone) made of brass, with two rings attached by pins near ends for hanging but otherwise undecorated. Narrow end has oval shaped mouthpiece.

Two clasped hands made of ceramic with marble core, fused together with mortar, broken from statue at wrists. Ceramic is charred black and chipped in places, exposing core.

Goblet. Originally clear glass, misshapen and slate colored from the Chicago Fire.

The Great Chicago Fire was not one fire, but a succession of nine separate fires started by flying brands carried from earlier burning sites, which then melded into one relentless inferno. It all star…

Figurine of a nude child seated in bathtub made of porcelain. Mainly white, hair painted dark brown, some paint on face. Tub exterior is covered in burnt residue, mostly around top rim.

Oil painting on canvas: depicts crowded street flanked by burning buildings, top half engulfed in fire and smoke. Many small, dark figures, some running and some on horseback or in carriages, are gath…

Mass of multi colored glass marbles melted together.

Female doll with ceramic head, arms and legs, blond wig of real hair, stuffed body and mechanical glass eyes; wearing brown and aqua floral print dress with four pearl buttons up back, white cotton dr…

Clear glass marble fragment with multi-colored swirls on interior.

A group of three glass marbles fused together. Largest marble is misshapen and mostly opaque, but some interior colors are visible. Attached are two smaller marbles: one clear with colored interior sw…

Small bird-shaped figurine made of stone, with feet and tail broken off. Painted a yellow color, badly chipped.

Doll head and shoulders made of ceramic, mostly white, short hair painted black, faded black eyes. Small fragments of glass melted into surface, and large chip out of bottom.