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The Ruins


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State and Madison Streets
October 1871


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Chicago River After the Fire
October 1871


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Chicago River After the Fire
October 1871


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The ruins of a courthouse and City Hall (in background) in the days after the 1871 Chicago Fire. There are workers walking through the wreckage in the area of the devastation of the courthouse. The long exposures of the era render them ghostly


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The wreckage of St. James Episcopal Church looking north on Rush Street from Huron Street


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The Tribune building at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison Streets after the Chicago Fire of 1871


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The Chicago Marine Hospital
October 1871


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Faculty members and students stand amid the ruins of Rush Medical College
Dearborn Street and Grand Avenue
1871


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Ruins of the Union Passenger Station
1871


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Ruins of the Michigan Southern Passenger Station
1871


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Adams House


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Bigelow House


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Booksellers Row


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Bryan Block


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Chicago Tribune Building


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Courthouse


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Courthouse


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West Entrance to the Court House after the Fire
Copelin & Hine, 1871


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Clark Street Bridge No. 5
1866-1871


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Burnt Safes
Dearborn Street


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Holy Name Cathedral


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Entrance to Republic Insurance Co. Building
LaSalle St.


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Culver Page & Hoyne Building


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Field Leiter & Co.


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Post Office
Interior


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Insurance Building
Washington Street


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Michigan Southern Depot


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Nixon Block


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Grand Pacific Hotel


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Burnt District Coffee House


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Van Buren Bridge No. 3
1867-1871


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