1871Chicago
Bird’s-eye view of Chicago as it was before the great fire
Theodore R. Davis. Wood engraving in Harper’s Weekly, 21 October 1871.
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
1871·Chicago
Bird’s-eye view of Chicago as it was before the great fire
Theodore R. Davis. Wood engraving in Harper’s Weekly, 21 October 1871.
Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
What this plate shows
A wood-engraved bird’s-eye of Chicago drawn as it was before 8–10 October 1871, published in Harper’s the week after the fire. An illustration of a city that, by the time the magazine printed, had already burned. Not a photograph of the intact city.
- Image type
- Bird's-eye illustration / lithograph
- Source
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, LCCN 94501513.
- License
- Public domain (U.S. publication, 1871).