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#26 The ruins looking north across the Chicago river, toward the site of today’s Merchandise Mart, after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

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#26 The ruins looking north across the Chicago river, toward the site of today’s Merchandise Mart, after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

The Great Chicago Fire 1871: Historical Photos that Depict the Destruction caused by the Great Disaster

#26 The ruins looking north across the Chicago river, toward the site of today’s Merchandise Mart, after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.

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←#25 Firefighters that made up Engine company No. 24 when this photo was taken, fought the Great Chicago Fire back in 1871.
#27 The west entrance to the courthouse shows it in ruins from the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.→

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