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Chicago Fire-Bells: Nocturne for Piano; Clara E. Saylor, Sheet Music, ca. 1872 (ichi-64550)
Courthouse Square; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62080)
From the Ruins Our City Shall Rise; Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-63137)
Full Account of the Great Fire, and New Business Directory of Leading Houses, ca. 1872 (ichi-63833)
Grand Exposition March; Louis Falk, Sheet Music, 1873 (ichi-64400)
Harper's Weekly, November 11, 1871 (ichi-02918)
Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871 (ichi-02887)
Lakeside Monthly, January, 1872 (ichi-64226)
Lines Written on the Most Dreadful Fire that Broke Out in Chicago in America; Jeramiah Cronan, Broadside, 1871 (ichi-06191)
Passing Through the Fire; George F. Root, Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-64406)
Pity the Homeless, or Burnt Out; James R. Murray, Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-13455)
Relief: A Humorous Drama, by a Chicago Lady, 1872 (ichi-63821)
Report Made by Lieut. General P. H. Sheridan on the Condition of Affairs in the City of Chicago, 1871 (ichi-64227)
Spirit of Prayer (ichi-64079)
The Chicago Pulpit, October 19, 1872 (ichi-63823)
The Greatest Calamity of Modern Times:  Burning of Chicago, ca. 1871 (ichi-63827)
The Seven Fires:  A Masque of Chicago; Program from the Chicago Bureau of Parks, Playgrounds, and Beaches 5oth Fire Anniversary Pageant (ichi-62302)
A Century of Progress; Chicago World's Fair Broadside, 1933 (ichi-06172)
A Cluster of Files (ichi-63862)
A Family Terribly Perish on the Roof of a House, in View of the Multitude Below; from E. J. Goodspeed, The Great Fires in Chicago and the West, 1871 (ichi-35085)
A Pass for Percy English; Handwritten Order, October 16, 1871 (ichi-63789)
Administration Building, World's Columbian Exposition; C. D. Arnold, Photograph, 1893 (ichi-64413)
Advertisement for Chicago Fire Cyclorama; from Chicago Daily Tribune, September 17, 1893
Aerial View Michigan Ave and Oak Street Beach; Photograph, ca. 1925 (ichi 05789_v2)
Aerial View of Central Downtown Chicago; Photograph, 1926 (ichi-05798)
Aid for the Suffering Thousands--Col. Jim Fisk Jr. Drives a Team; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-02873)
Alarm Box from the Time of the Fire (ichi-64475)
Alive, If Not Still Ticking; Julian Rumsey's Watch (ichi-63867)
All Gone But Wife, Children, and Energy; Hand-Painted Wooden Sign (ichi-64473)
Among The Ruins In Chicago: Bigelow House; G. N. Barnard for Lovejoy & Foster, 1871 (ichi-39579)
Among the Ruins in Chicago: Court House Seen Through Ruins of East Side of Clark Street; G. N. Barnard, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21546)
An Affecting Scene. A Sick Girl is Rescued by her Heroic Sister at the Peril of her Life; from George L. Barclay, The Great Fire of Chicago, 1871 (ichi-15762)
Anaglyph Version of J. H. Abott Stereograph of the Cottage of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, 1871
Anaglyph Version of Lovejoy & Foster Stereograph of Ruins of the Mammoth Store of Field & Leiter, 1871
Anaglyph Version of P. B. Greene Stereograph of the Court House After the Fire, 1871
Anaglyph Version of P. B. Greene Stereograph of the Post Office and Custom House after the Fire, 1871
Anaglyph Version of Shaw Stereograph of View Northeast toward the Water Tower after the Fire, 1871
Anna Matson, The City that a Cow Kicked Over, 1881 (ichi-36033)
Anniversary of the Great Fire; from the Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1872
Badge Used by Special Police (ichi-63846)
Bellinger House; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Bent Bottle, from E. Burnham and Son, Wholesale Druggists (ichi-64471)
Bessie, Harriet Jesse Peabody's Doll (ichi-64649)
Bird's Eye View of the Business District of Chicago; Lithograph, 1898 (ichi-14892)
Bird's-eye View of Chicago as It Was before the Great Fire, 1871 (ichi-05671)
Bird's-Eye View of the Century of Progress; William F. Schuessler, Broadside, 1933 (ichi-64416)
Booksellers' Row after the Chicago Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-29599)
Briggs House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-61958)
Cathedral of the Holy Name; J. Carbutt, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-64411)
Centennial Fire Medal, 1971 (ichi-64427)
Chamber of Commerce; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-63073)
Charity at Home; German Relief Society Letter, February 22, 1872 (ichi-63800)
Charles Tobey Furniture and Bedding, 87-89-91 State Street (now 103 N. State); Potter Palmer Real Estate Album, Photograph, 1868-69 (ichi-64383)
Chicago Avenue Water Tower and Pumping Station; Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-05902)
Chicago City Hall and Cook County Courthouse; Barnes-Crosby, Photograph, ca. 1906
Chicago Day Edition; from the Inter Ocean, October 9, 1893 (ichi-25184)
Chicago Day Ticket (ichi-63855)
Chicago Federal Building; Photograph, 1906 (ichi-18264)
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Fifth (ichi-63840)
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the First (ichi-63836)
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Fourth (ichi-63839)
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Second (ichi-63837)
Chicago Fire Cyclorama, Scene the Third (ichi-63838)
Chicago Fire Monument; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Chicago Historical Society 1971 Addition; Hedrich-Blessing Harr, Photograph (HB-36200A)
Chicago Historical Society Great Chicago Fire Galleries; Photograph, ca. 1932 (ichi-63060)
Chicago Historical Society, 1896-1932; Photograph (ichi-26018)
Chicago History Museum; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Chicago in 1820; C. Inger for Inger and Bodtker, Lithograph, 1867 (ichi-18310)
Chicago in Flames--Burning of the Chamber of Commerce and the Crosby Opera House; from Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871 (ichi-63127)
Chicago in Flames--The Rush for life over Randolph-Street Bridge; from Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871 (ichi-63135)
Chicago in Flames.  Scene in Dearborn St. Burning of the Tremont House; Kellogg & Bulkeley, Lithograph, 1872 (ichi-63130)
Chicago in Flames; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-23436)
Chicago in Flames; Union Publishing Company, Lithograph, 1872 (ichi-64423)
Chicago in Ruins; from Harper's Weekly, October 28, 1871, based on sketches by Theodore R. Davis, 1871 (ichi-02935)
Chicago on Fire!; Broadside, October 9, 1871 (ICHi-20590)
Chicago Water Works; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-06859)
Chicago Waterworks after the Fire; from a Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-13918)
Chicago, October 10, 1871; Engraving from Every Saturday, November 4, 1871, based on a Drawing by Alfred Fredericks (ichi-63771)
Chicago, the Metropolis of the North West; Louis Kurz, Lithograph, 1864 (ichi-05769)
Chicago; F. Sala & Company, Lithograph, 1871 (ichi-63773)
Chicago; I. T. Palmatary for Herline & Hensel, Lithograph, 1857 (ichi-05656)
Childhood's End; Porcelain Doll Bust (ichi-64472)
Col. Wood's Museum; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-63082)
Collect the Entire Set; Medals and Bells (ichi-64477)
Cook County Courthouse and Jail under Construction; Photograph, ca. 1874 (ichi-02021)
Cooling a Safe Amid the Ruins; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21520)
Cor. Lake & State Streets; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-64272)
Cor. State and Washington Street; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-31532)
Corner Lake Street and Wabash Avenue; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62076)
Corner of Clark and Water Streets; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62077)
Corner of State and Madison after the Fire; Photograph, 1871 (ichi-02811)
Court House Finial; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Cover of Harper's Weekly, November 4, 1871 (ichi-63128)
Cover of C. C. Hine, Mrs. Leary's Cow:  A Legend of Chicago, 1872 (ichi-64228)
Cover of E. P. Roe, Barriers Burned Away, 1872
Creative Destruction; Melted Marbles (ichi-64557)
Crosby's Opera House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62079)
Custom House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-61956)
Destruction of Chicago by Fire, Oct. 1871; Thomas Kelly, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02956)
Doing the Dishes; Stack of Ceramic Teacups (ichi-64480)
Don't Let it Happen Again; Philip M. Kalas, Fire Prevention Week Poster, 1996 (ichi-64138)
Draft of Western Union Telegram from Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan to Secretary of War W. W. Belknap, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64136)
East Side of State Street, Looking North from Madison; Copelin Album, Photograph, 1878-79 (ichi-04753)
Enterprising Young Merchant Disposing of Relics Opposite the Ruins of the Sherman House; from E. J. Goodspeed, History of Great Fires in Chicago and the West, 1871 (ichi-63818)
Entrance to the Centennial Exhibition; Photograph, 1971 (ichi-62519)
Ezra B. McCagg Conservatory and Residence after the Fire; Photograph, 1871 (ichi-31493)
Farwell Building after the Fire; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-39415)
Fearful Retribution. Thieves and Incendiaries are Hanged by the Heels and Brained; from George L. Barclay, The Great Fires of Chicago, 1871 (ichi-64421)
Field & Leiter Store before the Fire; Stereograph, P. B. Greene, ca. 1871 (ichi-64398)
Finishing the Roof of the Chamber of Commerce; Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1872 (ichi-02860a)
Fire Commemoration; Photograph, Chicago Daily News, 1924 (DN-0077731)
Fire Diorama; Digital Photograph, 2011
Fire Drill; Casey Prunchanas, Photograph, 1971 (ichi-63955)
Fire Histories (ichi-63834)
Fire Memoir of Julia Lemos, 1912 (ichi-63803)
Fire Panorama; H. A. Thomas, Lithograph, 1878 (ichi-06196)
Fire Sale; Stack of Charred Invoices (ichi-64078)
Fire Show; Broadside, 1946 (ichi-64070)
Fire-Fused Metal Behind Chicago History Museum; Digital Photograph, 2011
First Congregational Church; Copelin & Sons, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-22321)
First Congregational Church; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-31533)
First Methodist Episcopal Church Block before the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-22330)
First Page of Handwritten Transcript of Catherine O'Leary's Testimony before the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners, 1871 (ichi-32210)
First Store in the Burnt District; Copelin & Hine, Stereograph, 1871 (ICHi-02773)
Fixing the Price of Bread; Broadside, October 10, 1871 (ichi-31899)
Flying the Flag; Supplement to Chicago Herald and Examiner, October 2, 1921 (ichi-16211)
Full Circle; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Fused Screws (ichi-64558)
George F. Rumsey Home after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-29594)
George F. Rumsey House before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-29595)
Getting the Engine to the Fire; Photograph, 1971 (ichi-63058)
Glossop's Hotel, Business, and Amusement Map; Frank Glossop, 1884 (ichi-64340)
Go, Flames!; Bumper Stickers, 1996
Good as Gold; Illustration from the Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1896
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church; Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-64410)
Hail to the Chief; Oscar & Associates, Photograph, 1971 (ichi-63061)
Hand-Drawn Map of the Burnt District; from Letter of Joel Bigelow to his Brothers, October 10, 1871 (ichi-63802)
Hands Across the Flames; Marble Statue Fragment (ichi-64487)
House with One Room; from Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions for the Sufferers by the Chicago Fire, 1874 (ichi-63835)
In Memory of the Great Fire at Chicago; Lithograph, based on the Painting by Edward Armitage, 1873 (ichi-63132)
Inter-State Exposition Building; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-64394)
J.N. Janes and Wife Trying to Save a Favorite Dog and their Canary Birds; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-63831)
Jas. D. Montague, The Fire Bugs of Chicago, 1897 (ichi-63772)
John McGovern, Daniel Trentworthy:  A Tale of the Great Fire of Chicago, 1889 (ichi-63820)
Joseph Medill; C. D. Mosher, Cabinet Card Photograph, ca. 1876 (ichi-16828)
Justice Has at Last Caught Up with Her; John T. McCutcheon, Editorial Cartoon, Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1934
Kerfoot Shanty; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64267)
La Salle Street from the Southeast Corner of Washington Street; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1954 (ichi-21499)
Lake Street Bridge; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-64269)
Lamp Found in O'Leary's Barn; from A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-51076)
LaSalle Street from Courthouse Square; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-63070)
LaSalle Street North of Randolph Street, Photograph, 1890 (ichi-64374)
LaSalle Street Tunnel at Kinzie Street; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Laying of the cornerstone for the Water Tower, March 25, 1867; Photograph (ichi-64424)
Laying the Cornerstone of the New Cook County Courthouse and City Hall, September 21st, 1906--Vice President Fairbanks Leading the Parade; Barnes-Crosby, Photograph (ichi-19264)
Letter of Joel Bigelow to his Brothers, October 10, 1871 (ichi-63785)
Letter of Justin [Butterfield] to
Letter of William Gallagher to his Sister, October 17, 1871 (ichi-64418)
Letter of William Wieboldt to his Parents, October 30, 1871 (ichi-63787)
Lieutenant-General Philip H. Sheridan; C. D. Mosher, Cabinet Card Photograph, ca. 1876 (ichi-63957)
Lill's Premiun Stock Ales, 167 State St. (now 101 S. State Street); Potter Palmer Real Estate Album, Photograph, 1868-69 (ichi-39659)
Looking East to the Corner of Lake and LaSalle Streets; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1953 (ichi-64365)
Looking North from East Adams Street; from Rand-McNally, Bird's-Eye Views and Guide to Chicago, 1898
Looking North on State Street from Washington Street; Photograph, 1928 (ichi-64367)
Map of the Business Portion of Chicago; E. Whitefield for Rufus Blanchard, 1862 (ichi-64073)
Map of the Business Portion of Chicago; Geo. F. Cram, 1909 (ichi-64339)
Map of the Rebuilt Downtown; from New Chicago, 1872 (ichi-64137)
Map Showing the Burnt District in Chicago, 3rd Edition; R. P. Studley Company, 1871 (ichi-02870)
Marine Bank Building; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-63077)
Marking the Spot; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Mayor Roswell Mason Note Ordering the Release of Prisoners, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64440)
Medium Rare, Please; Centennial Dinner Program, 1971 (ichi-64232)
Memories of the Chicago Fire; Julia Lemos, Oil Painting, 1912 (ichi-62293)
Michigan Avenue from Park Row; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-63068)
Michigan Avenue from the Lake; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-62074)
Michigan Avenue, North from Congress Street; Kaufman & Fabry, Photograph, 1911 (ichi-14407)
Miniature Fireman's Hat Made from the Court House Bell (ichi-63848)
Mr. Robinson Assesses the Damage; Hand-Annotated 1870 Rufus Blanchard Map of Chicago and Environs (ichi-64071)
Mrs. Catherine O'Leary Milking Daisy; Norman Rockwell, Oil on Canvas, ca. 1935 (ichi-64474)
Mrs. O'Leary and Her Cow; Charles R. Clark, Photograph, 1911 (ichi-26580)
Newsboy Crying the News of the Chicago Fire; Oscar Gustave Rejlander, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-18329)
Nixon Building after the Fire; Warren R. Hansen, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39576)
No Smoking; Manuscript Order, October 13, 1871 (ichi-63795)
Northwest View from the Courthouse after the Fire; Copelin & Hine, Glass Lantern Slide, 1871 (ichi-64359)
One Year From the Fire; Chicago Illustrated, October 1872 (ichi-64230)
Orgies in the Doomed City--Men and Boys Drinking from the Casks of a Burning Liquor Store; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-02897)
Origin of the Chicago Fire; W. O. Mull, Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1871 (ichi-64420)
Origin of the Great Chicago fire Oct. 8th 1871; Lithograph from a Painting by L. V. H. Crosby, 1871 (ichi-02945)
Original Chicago Historical Society; Photoprint (ichi-39192)
Original Relic House, Before the Refreshment and Music Hall Was Added--1872; Photograph (ichi-51044)
Palmer House Chicago; American Oliograph Company, Lithograph, 1873 (ichi-39476)
Palmer House Grand Dining Room; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1880s (ichi-00748)
Post Office and Custom House after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64153)
Post Office and Custom House; Photograph, 1889 (ichi-32438)
Post-Fire First Methodist Church Building; Photograph, ca. 1900 (ichi-19985)
Presented to the City of Chicago; Bookplate, ca. 1871 (ichi-62301)
Proclamation by Mayor Roswell B. Mason, October 9, 1871, Broadside (ichi-13962)
Proclamation by the Mayor; Broadside, October 13, 1872 (ichi-63140)
Progress of the Chicago Fire of 1871;  Michael P. Conzen with research assistance from Christopher P. Thale, and cartographic design by Dennis McClendon, from Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago, reproduced with permission of the Newberry Library.
Promoting Insurance; from Fire Centennial Issue of Chicago Commerce, 1971
Quenching the Flames; Schlitz Commemorative Chicago Beer Stein, 1971
Railroad Pass for Eliza Talbot, October 13, 1871 (ichi-63794)
Rear of Chicago Historical Society Building; Hedrich Blessing, Photograph, ca. 1932 (HB-00888-G2)
Rebuilding Chicago, Oct. 1871; Rufus Blanchard and Bulkeley & Kellogg, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02952)
Rebuilding Chicago; Cover Illustration from Every Saturday, December 23, 1871 (ichi-63129)
Rebuilt Chicago--The New Tremont House, Erected on the Old Site, by the Couch Estate; ca.1873 (ichi 00772)
Relief for the Sufferers of Chicago; Jules Emile Saintin, Oil on Canvas, 1872 (ichi-64555)
Rescue of Ladies from the Flames; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-63830)
Residence of M.D. Ogden Showing the Ruins of Unity and New England Churches; Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64159)
Residence on Monroe Street East of State Street; Potter Palmer Real Estate Album, Photograph, 1868-69 (ichi-64382)
Resurrexit!; from the Chicago Daily Tribune, October 9, 1881
Reverse Side of Mayor Mason's Order Releasing the Prisoners, October 9, 1871 (ichi-64441)
Rookery Building and Board of Trade; Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-00253)
Roswell B. Mason; from Frank Luzerne, The Lost City!, 1872 (ichi-31917)
Ruins of Chicago Historical Society Building; Photograph, 1871 (ichi-02770)
Ruins of Crosby's Opera House; Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-02767)
Ruins of the Bryan Block, Northwest Corner of Monroe and LaSalle; G. N. Barnard, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21542)
Ruins of the Court House after the Fire of 1871; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-38923)
Ruins of the Mammoth Store of Field & Leiter; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-21537)
Ruins of the Masonic Temple; from Harper's Weekly, November 10, 1871 (ich-63125)
Rush of fugitives through the Potter's Field toward Lincoln Park; Based on a Sketch by Theo R. Davis, from Harper's Weekly, November 4, 1871 (ichi-02881)
Rush Street Bridge from State St; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-63087)
Rush Street Bridge; Photograph, ca. 1894 (ichi-64362)
Sacred Site; Betty Hulett, Photograph, 1952 (ichi-63954)
Saving the Goat; from Letter of Justin [Butterfield], October 19, 1871 (ichi-63792)
Sectional View of LaSalle Street Tunnel, from J. M. Wing, Seven Days in Chicago, 1877 (ichi-055690
Selling Milk; from Fire Centennial Issue of Chicago Commerce, 1971
Shelter Cottage; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Sherman House before the Fire; J. Carbutt, Stereograph, ca. 1870 (ichi-00761)
Sherman House; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1873 (ichi-63067)
Southern Limit of the Great Fire of 1871; from a Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-02745)
Souvenir of the Court House Bell (ichi-63853)
Special Relief; Order for Sewing Machine, July 27, 1872 (ichi-63801)
Special Request, 1; Letter from T. W. Harvey, Endorsed by Wirt Dexter, October 17, 1871 (ichi-64371)
Special Request, 2; Letter of George M. Pullman to Mayor Roswell B. Mason, October 23, 1871 (ichi-63788)
St. James Episcopal Church after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64155)
St. James Episcopal Church before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-22327)
St. James Episcopal Church; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
St. Michael's Ashes (ichi-64560)
St. Michael's Church after the Fire; Copelin & Sons, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64425)
State and Madison; Photograph, ca. 1889 (ichi-23658)
State Street looking north from Madison Street; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-22260)
Statement of Families Aided; from Report of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society of Disbursement of Contributions for the Sufferers by the Chicago Fire, 1874 (ichi-63828)
Steam Fire Engine Fred Gund No. 14; from Report of the Board of Police, in the Fire Department, 1871-72 (ichi-51522)
Stereograph Viewer and Stereograph of Chicago after the Fire
Temporary Buildings on Michigan Avenue; Jex Bardwell, Glass Lantern Slide, 1871 (ichi-64149)
Terrace Row after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64279)
Terrace Row; Copelin & Melander, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64156)
The
The Billow of Fire; P. P. Bliss, Sheet Music, 1871 (ichi-63138)
The Book Room in the Old Water Tank; from The Merchants and Manufacturers of Chicago, 1873 (ichi-13217)
The Bryan Block, Northwest Corner of Monroe and LaSalle Streets; from The Merchants and Manufacturers of Chicago Illustrated, 1873 (ichi-64380)
The Burning of Chicago; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02954)
The Case of Kate Moran, 1; Application, 1872 (ichi-63799)
The Case of Kate Moran, 2; Letter of John Kennedy, 1872 (ichi-63798)
The Case of Kate Moran, 3; Report of a Relief and Aid Society Visitor, 1872 (ichi-63796)
The Case of Kate Moran, 4; Rejection of Application, February 26, 1872 (ichi-63797)
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 1; Approved Application, 1872 (ichi-63784)
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 2; Letter from Reverend J. Cate, January 29, 1872 (ichi-63782)
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 3; Letter from T. F. Phillips, January 29, 1872 (ichi-63781)
The Case of Lawrence Saddler, 4; Letter from Alex Bengley, January 30, 1872 (ichi-63783)
The Cause of the Great Chicago Fire Oct. 9th 1871; Kellogg & Buckeley, Lithograph, ca. 1872 (ichi-34703)
The Chicago Fire--Ladies Distributing Clothing to Sufferers of Both Sexes; Based on a Sketch by Joseph Becker, from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, November 4, 1871 (ichi-02894)
The Chicago Fire--The Randolph-Street Bridge; The Illustrated London News, October 11, 1871 (ichi-34682)
The City of Chicago; Currier & Ives, Lithograph, 1892 (ichi-64072)
The Cottage of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-02741)
The Court House after the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64282)
The Court House after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64157)
The Court House Shortly Before the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64281)
The Court of Honor after the Fire of January 8, 1894; Photograph (ichi-25106)
The Court-House before the Fire; from A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-00442)
The Destruction of Chicago, 8th, 9th & 10th of October 1871; G. F. Cram, Lithograph, 1871 (ichi-02960)
The Fire Escape; Kellogg & Bulkeley, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02963)
The Fugitives from Chicago; from The Graphic, 1871 (ichi-02913)
The Great Calamity of the Age!  Chicago in Ashes!!; Chicago Evening Journal-Extra, October 9, 1871 (ichi-06206)
The Great Fire at Chicago Oct. 9th 1871--View from the West Side; Gibson & Company, Lithograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-02969)
The Great Fire in Chicago--Homeless Citizens Taking Refuge from the Flames among the Ruins; from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 28, 1871 (ichi-02889)
The Great Fire in Chicago: Panic-stricken Citizens Rushing Past the Sherman House, Carrying the Aged, Sick and Helpless, and Endeavoring to Save Family Treasures; from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 28, 1871 (ichi-20909)
The Great Fire in Chicago: The Fire Crossing the River from the South to the North Side; Kellogg & Bulkeley, Lithograph, ca. 1872 (ichi-39266)
The Great Fire in Chicago: The Race for Life over Randolph Street Bridge; Kellogg & Bulkeley, ca. 1872 (ichi-63131)
The Homeless Taking Refuge in a Church; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil and Chalk Drawing, 1871 (ichi-64350)
The Key to Ruins (ichi-63847)
The Lind Block after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64152)
The Mayor Shuts Two Saloons; Letter of Roswell Mason to Lieutenant-General Sheridan, October 20, 1871 (ichi-64372)
The Most Signifcant and Grandest Spectacle of Modern Times; Chicago Day Broadside, 1893 (ichi-25164)
The National Hand of Fellowship; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-63817)
The Palmer House after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-26749)
The Palmer House before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39580)
The Palmer House; Photograph, ca. 1920 (ichi-00750)
The Post Office and Custom House before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871
The Reading Room of the Fifth Avenue Hotel--Discussing the News from Chicago; from Every Saturday, October 28, 1871 (ichi-02916)
The Rebuilding of the Marine Building; Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1873 (ichi-02845)
The Relic House Refreshment Hall; Cover of Promotional Pamphlet, 1906 (ichi-63842)
The Ruins of the Tremont House; Glass Lantern Slide, 1871 (ichi-64048)
The Saturday Night Fire; A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-35086)
The Sergeant Building (formerly the Lind Block); J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1951 (ichi-64373)
The Sherman House; Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-64638)
The Temporary City Hall, from A. T. Andreas, History of Chicago, vol. 2, 1885 (ichi-00446)
The Terrified Populace in Front of the Briggs House; from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, October 28, 1871 (ichi-63136)
The Van Buren Street Bridge after the Fire; G. N. Barnard for Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-19792)
The Water Tower, View South along Michigan Avenue; Chicago Daily News, Photograph, 1929 (DN-0020190)
The Water Tower; Kaufman & Fabry, Photograph, 1929 (ichi-29600)
The Waubansee Stone and Other Fire Relics; Photograph, 1911 (ichi-64375)
The Wedding Amid The Ruins--A Romantic Incident Following the Destruction Of Chicago; Engraving, 1871 (ichi-02931)
Thieves and Burglars!; Pinkerton's Police, Broadside, 1871 (ichi-37933)
Title Page of Sheahan and Upton, Der Grosser Brand, 1872 (ichi-63825)
To The Homeless; Broadside, October 16, 1871 (ichi-06194)
Tremont House;Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-61955)
Trinity Church before the Fire; Photograph, ca. 1870 (ichi-64361)
Trinity Church; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, Lithograph, 1866-67 (ichi-64271)
Trouble at Relief and Aid Society Headquarters; Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Relief and Aid Society, January 2, 1874 (ichi-62300)
Trying to Save a Wagonload of Goods; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil, Chalk, and Paint Drawing, 1871 (ichi-37787)
Tuthill King Family Furniture (ichi-64451)
Undaunted--We Build; Image for Fire Semi-Centennial Poster, 1921 (ichi-64432)
Union Fire Proof Ticket; Handbill, 1871 (ichi-20843)
Unity Church before the Fire; J. Carbutt, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-00351)
View from Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, West; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Court House Cupola, East/Southeast 1; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05736)
View from Court House Cupola, East/Southeast 2; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05734)
View from Court House Cupola, North/Northwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05724)
View from Court House Cupola, North; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05742)
View from Court House Cupola, Northwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05725)
View from Court House Cupola, South/Southeast; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05732)
View from Court House Cupola, Southwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05728)
View from Court House Cupola, West; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ich-05726)
View from Court House Cupola--South/Southwest; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05730)
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, East/Southeast 1; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, East/Southeast 2; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, East; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, North/Northwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, North; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, Northeast; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, Northwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, South/Southeast; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, South/Southwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from Roof of Chicago City Hall and Cook County Building, Southwest; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
View from the Court House Cupola, East; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1873 (ichi-05738)
View from the Court House Cupola, Northeast; Alexander Hesler, Photograph, 1858 (ichi-05740)
View from the Water Tower after the Fire; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-34525)
View from Top of Ruins of Courthouse Looking North after the Fire of 1871; Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64335)
View from Van Buren Street Bridge; Louis Kurz for Jevne & Almini, 1866-67 (ichi-64270)
View North from the Van Buren Street Bridge; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1954 (ichi-64363)
View North on Pine Street (now Michigan Avenue) to the Water Tower after the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39582)
View North on Pine Street (now Michigan Avenue) to the Water Tower before the Fire; P. B. Greene, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-39581)
View Northeast toward the Water Tower after the Fire; Shaw, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64154)
View of Booksellers' Row before the Fire; Lovejoy & Foster, Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-29598)
View of Crosby's Opera House before the Fire; Stereograph, ca. 1871 (ichi-64360)
View of the Courthouse Bell after the Fire; Shaw Photographer, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64280)
View of the Union Depot after the Fire of 1871; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-59804)
View of Trinity Church after Fire of 1871; Jex Bardwell, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-63815)
View of Unity and New England Churches, from the Water Tower, after the Fire; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64283)
View South of Michigan Avenue from the West Side of the Illinois Central Railroad Tracks; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, ca. 1890 (ichi-20505)
View Southwest from the Water Tower after the Fire; J. H. Abbott, Stereograph, 1871 (ichi-64284)
View West on Madison Street; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1955 (ichi-64379)
Virtuosity; Metal Fragment (ichi-64559)
Washington Block; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Washington Square Park Relief and Aid Society Barracks; Copelin & Hine, Glass Lantern Slide, ca. 1871 (ichi-2860)
Water Tower and Pumping Station; Stefani Foster, Digital Photograph, 2011
Waubansee Stone (ichi-64450)
Welded Washers (ichi-64470)
West Entrance to the Court House after the Fire; Copelin & Hine, Photograph, 1871 (ichi-02384)
West on Lake Street from a Point 100 Feet West of of Michigan Avenue; J. Sherwin Murphy, Photograph, 1954 (ichi-64369)
William LeBaron Jenney, Proposed Fire Monument; from Lakeside Memorial of the Burning of Chicago, 1872 (ichi-63826)
Wood Fragment from O'Leary Barn (ichi-64489)
Working at Night on Palmer's Grand Hotel, by Calcium Light; Engraving, ca. 1872 (ichi-02930) 
World's Columbian Exposition Dedication Parade; J. W. Taylor, Photograph, 1892 (ichi-23352)
Pity the Homeless or Burnt Out
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