Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Chicago fire - Ogden's House.
Call Number
D North 56/GC131/Box 15/Small/U.S. History/Miscellaneous GA 2009.01168
Identifier
ark:/88435/dcj3860m42z
Publisher
1871.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1871
Extent
1 item ; print 18.2 x 23.5 cm. sheet 23.1 x 26.8 cm.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Albumen prints
Signed with blind stamp on mount, lower center, "A.J.Marks 707 Wabash Ave.".
Inscribed in pencil, verso:: "Ogden's House // Every thing burned around this house // Churches, Brick & Stone houses even the wooden // side walk // but the house (frame) remains almost // without a mark".
Provenance: Stamped on mount, "William Agnew Paton // Collection".
Provenance: Stamp on verso, "Princeton University Library".
Depiction: Three-story house surrounded by trees; horse and carriage beside fence in foreground.

Discovery Information

Subject
Chicago (Ill.)—History—19th century—In art
Disasters—Illinois—Chicago—In art
Illinois—History—19th century—In art
United States—History—19th century—In art
Fires—Illinois—Chicago—In art
Dwellings—Chicago—Illinois—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b856dfce-794f-41e2-b019-432c50ad2742/manifest