State and Madison Streets
October 1871
Chicago River After the Fire
October 1871
Chicago River After the Fire
October 1871
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
The wreckage of St. James Episcopal Church looking north on Rush Street from Huron Street
The Tribune building at the southeast corner of Dearborn and Madison Streets after the Chicago Fire of 1871
The Chicago Marine Hospital
October 1871
Faculty members and students stand amid the ruins of Rush Medical College
Dearborn Street and Grand Avenue
1871
Ruins of the Union Passenger Station
1871
Ruins of the Michigan Southern Passenger Station
1871
Adams House
Bigelow House
Booksellers Row
Bryan Block
Chicago Tribune Building
Courthouse
Courthouse
West Entrance to the Court House after the Fire
Copelin & Hine, 1871
Clark Street Bridge No. 5
1866-1871
Burnt Safes
Dearborn Street
Holy Name Cathedral
Entrance to Republic Insurance Co. Building
LaSalle St.
Culver Page & Hoyne Building
Field Leiter & Co.
Post Office
Interior
Insurance Building
Washington Street
Michigan Southern Depot
Nixon Block
Grand Pacific Hotel
Schock & Bigford
First Business Opened After Fire
Burnt District Coffee House
Realtor, W. D. Kerfoot’s Office
Van Buren Bridge No. 3
1867-1871
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