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Broadside for food and shelter assistance provided for he fire victims during the Chicago Fire of 1871. It reads: The headquarters of the General Relief Committee are at the Congregational Church, Cor…

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 a…

View of the ruins of the Chicago Historical Society building after the Chicago Fire of 1871. The Society was located at Ontario and Dearborn Streets.

Five stacked toy plates and a teacup fused together and slightly melted. Originally white, but blackened by smoke.

Kerfoot's Block after the Chicago Fire of 1871, Chicago, Illinois.

Views of four scenes during fires after the World's Columbian Exposition world's fair, Chicago, Illinois, January 8 and 9, 1894: the burning of the Peristyle, the burning of the Casino, the ruins of t…

Statue of the Republic after the Peristyle fire; Chicago, Illinois, 1894.

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

City Hall and Courthouse on October 8 and October 13, 1871, before and after the Chicago Fire of 1871, Chicago, Illinois.

Photographs and negatives of images relating to the history of Chicago. Includes cityscapes, streets scenes, and monuments of Chicago. Also includes copy photographs of images of the Chicago fire of 1…

Sketch on brown paper with pencil and white chalk. Shows loaded cart pulled by three horses galloping towards viewer. Flames drawn in white engulf buildings on right side. Driver is shielding his face…

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

Mass of multi colored glass marbles melted together.

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.

View north from the Water Tower after the Chicago Fire of 1871, taken circa 1871-1872. This is one of a series of views documenting the progress of rebuilding from the top of the Water Tower. The lake…

Fire Marshal's helmet made of metal painted white. Helmet is a ribbed dome made of four sections joined by pointed metal strips, and with brim that widens and curves down at back. Brass eagle on top o…

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.

Oil Painting, view of W. D. Kerfoot's real estate office in the burnt district, circa 1872.

Rusted metal horseshoe with four nails attached.

A group of people examine a partially demolished building and the ruins of other structures destroyed during the riots that erupted following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in Chica…