By 1872 Chicago was well along in its work of rebuilding

A photograph of Chicago in 1872, portraying the rebuilding process after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Publication date: 1938-04-03

Size: 14.6 x 19.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Temporal: 1872

Subject(s):

• Cityscapes--1870-1880
• Commercial streets--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• Urban renewal--1870-1880

Genre(s):

• Cityscape photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (April 3, 1938), p. 6

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Historical society