Marine hospital near the mouth of the river

In commemoration of the Chicago fire, this sketch shows the Marine Hospital at the moment it caught fire. Patients are seen being taken from the building.

Publication date: 1895-10-06

Size: 14.3 x 14.9 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Temporal: 1871-10-09

Subject(s):

• Evacuations--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• Fires--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
• Military hospitals--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• U.S. Marine Hospital (Chicago, Ill. : 1852-1871)

Genre(s):

• Illustrations

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 (October 6, 1895), Part 5, p. 33

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg