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#50 The view looking directly north from the Water Tower after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Photo taken circa 1871-1872.

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#50 The view looking directly north from the Water Tower after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Photo taken circa 1871-1872.

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

#50 The view looking directly north from the Water Tower after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Photo taken circa 1871-1872.

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←#49 The First National Bank building stands in ruins at State and Washington streets after the Great Chicago Fire in 1871.
#51 Two boys sit on top of a partial stone wall in the wreckage of a burned-out building at Madison and Clark Streets, with the Court House in the background following the fire.→

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