Chicago Collection of Cecilia Cooper

Dates: 1812-1996, bulk dates: 1860s-1875
Size: 1.5 linear feet in 4 boxes (11 oversize folders, 144 photographs, 1 framed artwork, 1 artifact)
Repository: Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605
Collection Number: c00153
Provenance: Donated by Cecilia Cooper, 2006 and 2009
Access: Materials are open without restrictions.
Citation: When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is: Chicago Collection of Cecilia Cooper, [Box #, Folder #, Art/Artifact #, Photograph #], Special Collections, Chicago Public Library
Processed by: Michelle McCoy, 2021

Biographical/Historical Note

Cecilia and Allen R. Cooper collected historic items related to noteworthy events and venues in Chicago’s history such as the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the Chicago Fire of 1871, pre-Fire theater and Col. Wood’s Museum, in particular. Many of the collected sources relate to the topic of Allen R. Cooper’s 1974 Roosevelt University master’s thesis, Colonel Wood’s Museum: A Study in the Development of the Early Chicago Stage. A copy of his thesis can be found in Box 2, Folder 20.

The Battle of Fort Dearborn was an engagement on August 15, 1812 between the United States military and the Potawatomi Native Americans. Located in the Illinois Territory that is now Chicago, the fort’s evacuation during the War of 1812 led to a complete Native American victory. The fort was rebuilt in 1816.

On October 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire spread across the city from the area around 588 West DeKoven Street. Dry conditions and wooden structures helped to propel the fire into an inferno that burned for three days and destroyed over 17,000 buildings across 2,100 acres, including the central business district. An estimated 300 residents died.

Col. Wood’s Museum was founded by Col. John H. Wood and opened in 1864 at Randolph and Clark Streets. The establishment housed museum curiosities that included natural history objects along with a hall of paintings and a panorama of London. Performances were held in the exhibition hall. Destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871, the museum reopened in 1875 only to suffer another fire in 1877. Col. Wood’s Museum has an intertwining history with Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre. In 1869, Chicago actor, Frank E. Aiken, reopened the Dearborn Theatre and was also the manager and lessee of Col. Wood’s Museum. During his management, these spaces were referred to as Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre and Aiken’s Museum.

Uranus H. Crosby opened Crosby’s Opera House in 1865 on Washington Street, between State and Dearborn Streets. The five-story Italianate palace was designed by architect W. W. Boyington. It was destroyed in the Chicago Fire of 1871.

McVicker's Theater was built for actor James Hubert McVicker in 1857. Known for comedic performances, the theater often hosted performances by Edwin Booth (brother of John Wilkes Booth) who married McVicker’s daughter, [Mary]. Destroyed by two fires, including the Chicago Fire of 1871, the theater was rebuilt and operated until 1984.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of Chicago ephemera, illustrations, newspapers, theater programs and stereoscopic view cards, also called stereographs, collected by Cecilia and Allen R. Cooper. The topics of interest include the Chicago Fire of 1871, pre-Fire theater and Col. Wood’s Museum, in particular. The bulk of the items date from the 1860s-1875.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged into 4 Series: Series 1: Chicago Ephemera, 1861-1996, undated; Series 2: Chicago Theater, 1866-1974, undated; Series 3: Chicago Views, 1863-1930, undated; and Series 4: Newspapers with Selected Chicago Events, 1812-1897.

Series 1: Chicago Ephemera, 1861-1996, undated

Series 1 contains a small selection of ephemeral items that include tickets, brochures, menus, programs and sheet music. Of note are two 1861 handwritten manuscripts by a student at Ogden School.

The Chicago Ephemera series is arranged alphabetically by topic.

Series 2: Chicago Theater, 1866-1974, undated

Series 2 contains a selection of pre-Fire programs, ephemera and photographs, primarily from Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, Col. Wood’s Museum, Crosby’s Opera House and McVicker’s Theatre. Additional resources related to the museum and the Fire can be found in Series 4: Newspapers with Selected Chicago Events.

The collection donor’s husband, Allen R. Cooper, likely consulted these items for his 1974 master’s thesis, Colonel Wood’s Museum: A Study in the Development of the Early Chicago Stage. A copy of his thesis can be found in Box 2, Folder 20.

The Chicago Theater series is arranged alphabetically by theater.

Series 3: Chicago Views, 1863-1930, undated

The Chicago Views series is comprised of such graphic materials as carte des visites, stereographs, aquatint prints by Raoul Varin and a range of commercially-printed illustrations that showcase Chicago before and after the Fire of 1871. Stereographs make up the bulk of the series. Views of theater buildings can be found in Series 2.

Series 3 is organized into 3 subseries: Subseries A: Aerials, Skylines and Street Views; Subseries B: Buildings; and Subseries C: Chicago Fire of 1871 Aftermath. Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by building or location.

Series 4: Newspapers with Selected Chicago Events, 1812-1897

The Newspapers series is comprised of selected papers and issues that highlight noteworthy events in Chicago’s history including the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the Chicago Fire of 1871, the rebuilding of the Sherman House. Square brackets include the topics that were noted by the donors.

Series 4 is arranged alphabetically by newspaper name.

Related Collections

Name Authorities

  • Ackermann and Sons, Inc.
  • Abbott, J. H., active 1860-1879
  • Alschuler, S. (Samuel G.), 1826-1882
  • Carbutt, John, 1832-1905
  • Col. Joseph H. Wood's Museum and Art Gallery
  • Copelin & Hine
  • Copelin & Melander
  • Copelin & Son
  • Crosby’s Opera House
  • Gates Brothers
  • Lovejoy & Foster
  • McVicker's Theatre
  • Melander & Henderson
  • Greene, P. B. (Plymon B.), -1892
  • Varin, Raoul

Controlled Access Headings

  • Chicago (Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
  • Chicago (Ill.)--pictorial works
  • Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, Ill., 1812
  • Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
  • Stereoscopic views

Container List

Series 1: Chicago Ephemera, 1861-1996, undated

Box 2 Folder 1 Business receipts, 1868-1869
Box 2 Folder 2 Century of Progress, closing day ticket, 1934 October 31
Box 2 Folder 3 Chicago Circus Parade, brochure, 1981
Box 2 Folder 4 Chicago Fire, news clippings, 1993, 1996
Box 2 Folder 5 Chicago Public Schools, West Division High School report cards for Mercy Simeral, 1891
Box 2 Folder 6 Chicago Water Tower, brochures, circa 1976, circa 1990
Box 2 Folder 7 Douglas Tomb, brochure, 1978
Box 2 Folder 8 Hotel Belmont, menus, undated
Box 2 Folder 9 Hooker, Gen. Joseph, carte de visite, before 1879
Box 1 Folder 1 “New Year Carol,” Chicago Daily Tribune, sheet music, 1868
Box 2 Folder 10 Ogden School, centennial ribbon, 1905
Box 2 Folder 11 Ogden School, manuscript compositions, 1861
Box 1 Folder 1 “Skating Polka, dedicated to the South Side Skating Club,” with lithographed cover, circa 1862
Box 2 Folder 12 World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago Day ticket, 1893 October 9

Series 2: Chicago Theater, 1866-1974, undated

Box 1 Folder 2 Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, program, 1869 February 10
Box 1 Folder 2 Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, Ticket-of-Leave-Man!, program, 1869 March 2
Box 1 Folder 2 Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, My Lady Clara, program, 1869 April 14
Box 1 Folder 2 Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, Wild Oats and Buried Alive, program, 1869 June 11
Box 1 Folder 2 Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, Ticket-of-Leave-Man’s Wife, program, 1869 June 21-24
Box 1 Folder 2 Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, A Cup of Tea! and The Wanderer of Erin, program, 1869 June 25
Box 1 Folder 2 Aiken’s Dearborn Theatre, The Peace Jubilee, 1869 July 28
Box 2 Folder 13 Col. Wood’s Museum, article, undated
Box 1 Folder 3 Col. Wood’s Museum, program, 1884
Box 2 Folder 20 Colonel Wood’s Museum: A Study in the Development of the Early Chicago Stage, master’s thesis by Allen R. Cooper, 1974
Box 2 Folder 14 Crosby’s Opera House, concert tickets (8 tickets), 1866
Box 2 Folder 15 Crosby’s Opera House, engraving certificate, 1866
Box 3 Photograph 1.29 Crosby’s Opera House, stereographs (2 copies), [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.30 Crosby’s Opera House, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 2 Folder 16 Crosby’s Opera House, street view, photograph, 1871
Box 1 Folder 3 Crosby’s Opera House, White Fawn, program, 1868 June 15
Box 3 Photographs 1.35 Dearborn Street Theatre, stereographs (2 copies), [before 1871]
Box 1 Folder 3 Emerson Manning’s Minstrels, program, 1869 September 11
Box 1 Folder 3 Haverly’s Theatre, La Fille de Madame Angot!, program, 1877 April 16-17
Box 1 Folder 3 Hooley’s Opera House, Game of Love, program, 1873 June 17
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 April 21
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 May 5
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 May 12
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 June 12
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 August 7
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 August 27
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 September 13
Box 1 Folder 4 McVicker’s Theatre, The Daily Programme, 1869 October 6
Box 4 Artifact 2020.113 McVicker’s Theatre, Centennial of George Washington’s inauguration and advertisement for Benjamin Thompson play, Two Sisters, commemorative medal, 1889
Box 2 Folder 17 Performers: Col. Routh Goshen, Little King, Lizzie Amer and Lottie, carte des visites, 1874, undated
Box 2 Folder 18 “The Theater in Illinois,” Illinois History, vol. 22, no. 3, 1968 December

Series 3: Chicago Views, 1863-1930, undated

Subseries A: Aerials, Skylines and Street Views, 1863-1930, undated

 

Art

2020.105

 Chicago in 1779, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, 1/125 [framed], 1930
Box 1 Folder 5 “Chicago in 1830: Wolf’s Point, at the Junction of the North and South River Branches,” illustration from The Illustrated London News, 1871 November 18
Box 3 Photograph 1.135 Chicago River and shipping from viaduct, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.136 Chicago River, near harbor, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.137 Chicago River, view with bridges and elevators, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.138 Chicago River, view with bridges and ships, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.139 Chicago River, view with bridges and ships at night, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.1 Chicago Stockyards, aerial view, stereograph card, undated
Oversize Folder 10 Art 2020.107 Chicago Water Works 1868, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, 34/125, 1929
Box 3 Photograph 1.2 City Hall, view looking east from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.3 City Hall, view looking north from the dome, stereograph card (2 copies), [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.4 City Hall, view looking northeast from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.5 City Hall, view looking northwest from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.6 City Hall, view looking southeast from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.7 City Hall, view looking southeast from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.8 City Hall, view looking southeast from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.9 City Hall, view looking southwest from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.10 City Hall, view looking west from the dome, stereograph card, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.113 Clark Street, looking south from Randolph Street, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.140 Clark Street Bridge, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.141 Clark Street Bridge, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.114 Court House Square, north side, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.11 Elevators and lumber yards, aerial view, stereographs (2 copies), undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.12 Lake Michigan, winter view from the Crib, stereograph card, 1875
Box 3 Photograph 1.13 Lake Michigan, view of the breakwater at Michigan Avenue, stereograph card, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.14 Lake Michigan, view of the waves at breakwater, stereograph card, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.115 Lake Street, looking east from Clark Street, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.116 Lake Street, looking east from State Street, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.117 Lake Street, looking west from Illinois Central Depot, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.118 Lake Street, looking west from Illinois Central Depot, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.119 LaSalle Street, looking north from Arcade Court, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.120 LaSalle Street, looking north from Madison Street, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.121 LaSalle Street, looking south from Randolph Street, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.100 Lincoln Park, boating view, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.122 Madison Street at Michigan Avenue, stereograph, [before 1871]
Oversize Folder 11 Art 2020.110 Michigan Avenue at the Foot of Madison Street Chicago with a View of Illinois Central Station, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, 35/100, 1926
Oversize Folder 10 Art 2020.108 Michigan Avenue Chicago in the Year 1861, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, 92/125, 1930
Oversize Folder 10 Art 2020.109 Michigan Avenue from Madison Street 1860, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, Trial Proof, 1929
Oversize Folder 11 Art 2020.111 Michigan Avenue from Park Row in the Year 1865, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, 42/100, 1926
Box 3 Photograph 1.123 Michigan Avenue, looking south from Jackson Boulevard, stereographs (2 copies), [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.15 Michigan Avenue, view from the breakwater, stereographs (2 copies), undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.16 Michigan Avenue, view from the breakwater, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.124 Park Row, Michigan Avenue, stereographs (3 copies), [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.125 Randolph Street, looking east of Clark Street, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.126 Randolph Street, looking east of Clark Street, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.127 Randolph Street, looking east of Wabash Avenue, stereograph, [before 1871]
Oversize Folder 9 Art 2020.106 Randolph Street Chicago from Clark to State Streets in the Year 1865, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, 6/100 [includes view of Col. Wood’s Museum], 1927
Box 3 Photograph 1.99 Rush Street Bridge, collapse, stereograph, 1863
Box 1 Folder 5 Rush Street Bridge, “Terrible View at the Rush Street Bridge, Chicago,” illustration from Harper’s Weekly, 1863
Box 3 Photograph 1.142 Shipping and elevators, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.128 State Street, looking south from Lake Street, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.143 Sturges & Buckingham’s Elevators, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.129 [Terrace] Row, Michigan Avenue, stereographs (2 copies), [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.144 Twelfth Street Bridge, view with elevators, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.101 Union Park, view with buildings, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.102 Union Park, view with lagoon, carte de visite, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.103 Union Park, winter, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.130 Wabash Avenue, looking north from Harrison Street, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.131 Wabash Avenue, looking north from Harrison Street at Wabash Avenue Methodist Church, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.132 Wabash Avenue, looking north from Peck Court, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.133 Wabash Avenue, with view of Plymouth Congregational Church, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.104 Washington Park, (South Park), walking path, stereograph, undated
Oversize Folder 11 Art 2020.112 Washington Street Between State and Dearborn Chicago Showing Crosby’s Opera House, by Raoul Varin, aquatint print, 78/100, 1927
Box 3 Photograph 1.134 Washington Street, looking west from LaSalle Street, stereograph, [before 1871]

Series 3: Chicago Views, 1863-1930, undated

Subseries B: Buildings, circa 1865-1875, undated

Box 3 Photograph 1.17 Booksellers’ Row, State Street, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.18 Booksellers’ Row, State Street, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.19 Chamber of Commerce, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 1 Folder 5 Chicago Tribune Building, “Pacific Railway Celebration at Chicago – Illumination of the New ‘Chicago Tribune’ Building,” hand-colored illustration from Harper’s Weekly, 1869 May 22
Box 3 Photograph 1.20 Chicago Tribune Building, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.21 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], carte de visite, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.22 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], carte de visite, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.23 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.24 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.25 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.105 Christ Church, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.26 Court House, carte de visite, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.27 The Crib, view in winter, stereograph, 1875
Box 3 Photograph 1.28 The Crib, view in winter, stereograph, 1875
Box 3 Photograph 1.31 Custom House and Post Office, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.32 Custom House and Post Office, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.33 Custom House and Post Office, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.34 Custom House and Post Office, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.36 Douglas Monument, carte de visite, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.37 Douglas Monument, carte de visite, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.38 Drake and Farwell House, Wabash Avenue, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.39 Evanston College for Ladies, carte de visite, 1871-1873
Box 3 Photograph 1.40 Field, Leiter & Co., stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.41 Field, Leiter & Co., stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.106 First Methodist Episcopal Church, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.107 First Presbyterian Church, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.108 Grace Episcopal Church, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.42 Graveyard, carte de visite, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.43 Graveyard, with view of house, carte de visite, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.44 Great North Western Sanitary Fair Building, carte de visite, circa 1865
Box 3 Photograph 1.45 Honoré Block or Real Estate Exchange, stereograph (2 copies), [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.46 Honoré Block or Real Estate Exchange, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.47 House built of [fire] relics, stereograph, circa 1872
Box 3 Photograph 1.48 Merchants Insurance Company and Headquarters of General Sheridan, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.49 Palmer House, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.50 Republic Insurance Building, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.51 Sherman House, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.109 St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church, stereograph, undated
Box 3 Photograph 1.110 St. Paul’s Church, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.52 Tremont House, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.111 Trinity Episcopal Church, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.112 Trinity Episcopal Church, stereograph, [before 1871]
Box 3 Photograph 1.53 West Side Skating Rink, stereograph, [before 1871]

Series 3: Chicago Views, 1863-1930, undated

Subseries C: Chicago Fire of 1871 Aftermath, 1871

Box 3 Photograph 1.54 Booksellers Row, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 1 Folder 6 “The Burning of Chicago,” illustration from Illustrated London News, 1871 October 28
Box 3 Photograph 1.55 Cass Street and Ohio Street, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.56 Chicago Tribune Building, ruins, stereographs (2 copies), 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.57 Chicago Tribune Building, stereograph, pre- and post-Fire views, stereographs, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.58 Chicago Tribune Building, surrounding view of the ruins and Booksellers Row, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.59 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.60 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], view looking northwest from the tower, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.61 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], view looking south from the tower, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.62 Chicago Water Works [Chicago Avenue Pumping Station], view of tower, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.63 Church of Holy Name, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.64 Clark Street, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.65 Clark Street ridge, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.66 Congress Street, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.67 Court House, ruins, carte de visite, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.68 Court House, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.69 Court House, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.70 Court House, view of ruins from inside Clark Street side, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.71 Court House, view of ruins looking east, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.72 Court House, view of ruins looking north, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.73 Court House, view of ruins looking northwest, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.74 Court House, view of ruins looking east from the dome, pre- and post-Fire views, stereographs, 1871
Box 1 Folder 6 “The Court-House Bell,” illustration from a photograph by Shaw, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1871 November 27
Box 1 Folder 7 Currier & Ives, Chicago in Flames, hand-colored lithograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.75 Dearborn Street, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.76 Dearborn Street, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.77 Fifth National Bank, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.78 Fifth National Bank, ruins, cooling off a safe, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.79 First National Bank, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.80 First National Bank, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.81 Franklin School, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photographs 1.82 Globe Theatre, ruins, stereographs (3 copies), (copy 1 has pre-fire image on recto), 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.83 Lighthouse, view of the ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.84 Lind’s Block, view looking south at the ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.85 Masonic Temple, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.86 McCagg, Ezra B., view of conservatory, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.87 McCagg, Ezra B., view of conservatory and residence, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.88 Merchants Insurance Company and Headquarters of General Sheridan, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.89 Monroe Street and LaSalle Street, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.90 New England Church, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.91 Pacific Hotel, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.92 Pacific Hotel, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.93 St. James Church, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.94 State Street, looking north of Washington Street, pre- and post-Fire views, stereographs, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.95 State Street Bridge, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.96 Trinity Church, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.97 Trinity Church, ruins, stereograph, 1871
Box 3 Photograph 1.98 Unidentified building, ruins, stereograph, 1871

Series 4: Newspapers with Selected Chicago Events, 1812-1897

Oversize Folder 5   Chicago Daily News [Col. Wood’s Museum fire, Republican Convention], 1877 October 23
Oversize Folder 5   Chicago Evening Post [Chicago Fire], 1871 October 11, 12
Oversize Folder 5   Chicago Post [Chicago Fire], 1871 October 14
Oversize Folder 5   Chicago Republican, 1871 May 22
Oversize Folder 3   Chicago Times, 1864 March 21, 25
Oversize Folder 3   Chicago Times, 1864 April 1
Oversize Folder 3   Chicago Times [Chicago Fire], 1871 October 23
Oversize Folder 1   Chicago Tribune, 1871 February 26
Oversize Folder 1   Chicago Tribune, 1871 March 1, 2
Oversize Folder 1   Chicago Tribune, 1871 April 22, 29
Oversize Folder 1   Chicago Tribune, 1871 June 17, 20
Oversize Folder 1   Chicago Tribune, 1871 July 4, 9
Oversize Folder 1   Chicago Tribune, 1871 August 4, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, 20, 27, 28, 29
Oversize Folder 2   Chicago Tribune, 1871 September 3, 4, 10, 27, 29
Oversize Folder 2   Chicago Tribune [Chicago Fire], 1871 October 7, 13, 14
Oversize Folder 4   Chicago Tribune, 1864 May 2, 30
Oversize Folder 4   Chicago Tribune, 1864 June 1, 25
Oversize Folder 4   Chicago Tribune, 1865 March 31, April 8
Oversize Folder 6   Daily Museum and Hotel Register [Col. Wood’s Museum], 1869 May 31
Oversize Folder 6   Daily Museum and Hotel Register [Col. Wood’s Museum], 1869 July 2
Oversize Folder 6   Daily Museum and Hotel Register [Col. Wood’s Museum], 1869 September 25
Oversize Folder 7   Evening Star [Washington DC] [Chicago Fire], 1871 October 10, 12
Oversize Folder 5   Inter Ocean, 1878 May 22
Oversize Folder 7   Harper’s Weekly [Chicago Fire], 1871 October 28
Oversize Folder 6   Land Owner [Rebuilt Sherman House Hotel], 1872 March
Oversize Folder 7   National Intelligencer [Fort Dearborn], 1812 October 13
Oversize Folder 7   National Intelligencer [Fort Dearborn], 1812 November 3
Oversize Folder 7   New York Times, 1871 October 10
Oversize Folder 8   New York Tribune [Chicago Fire], 1871 October 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19
Box 2 Folder 19 Niles Weekly Register [Fort Dearborn], 1812 October 3
Box 2 Folder 19 Niles Weekly Register [Fort Dearborn], 1812 November 7
Box 2 Folder 19 Niles Weekly Register [Fort Dearborn], 1813 October 13
Box 2 Folder 19 Niles Weekly Register [Fort Dearborn], 1814 June 4
Oversize Folder 5   Saturday Blade, 1897 June 26
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