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Bird’s Eye Views of the Fire


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Destruction of Chicago by Fire
Thomas Kelly
1871


Bird’s Eye View of Chicago as It was before the Great Fire
Harper’s Weekly
21 October 1871
Pages 984-5
Sketch by Theodore R. Davis


Chicago In Ruins
Harper’s Weekly
28 October 1871
Sketch by Theodore R. Davis

The City as seen from above Lake Michigan, erroneously showing flames from the Great Fire blowing to the south, rather than northward from De Koven Street.


Chicago in Flames
Union Publishing Company
1871

A Great conflagration which visited Chicago on the days of October 8th, 9th & 10th, 1871, laid waste nearly 5 miles of the city, consuming 17,000 buildings, and destroyed $200,000,000 worth of property.


The Great Fire
Unknown Artist
1871


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The Fire Crossing the River from the South to the North Side
Kellogg & Bulkeley, Hartford, Connecticut
1872


The Burning of Chicago
Illustrated London News
28 October 1871


Chicago After the Fire
Unknown Artist


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