441 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…

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…

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…

Front facade of the fire station located on the north side of East Chicago Avenue, east of the Water Tower Pumping Station.

View of the fire station located on the north side of East Chicago Avenue, east of the Water Tower Pumping Station. Water Tower Place rises behind it.

Front facade of the fire station located on the north side of East Chicago Avenue, east of the Water Tower Pumping Station.

History of the fire with photos and maps

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.