Posts tagged fire

Ruins of St. Joseph’s, Chicago at Rush, 1871, Chicago.

I love this photo for the fact that you can see the photographer’s shadow.

Warehouse fire on the river, 1951, Chicago.

Crowd gathers on Michigan Ave to watch a fire at the Congress Hotel, 1961, Chicago

A woman attempts to escape a fire at Rush and Erie, 1963, Chicago.

Dozens of fire trucks crowd State Street responding to a 5 alarm fire, 1968, Chicago.

A city rebuilt, W Madison Street, 1872, Chicago.

Heroic efforts to control a fire at 94th and the Calumet River, 1957, Chicago.

Fire at the Mid-Continental Building, Monroe and Wabash, 1972, Chicago.

Flamethrowing at Soldier Field, 1942, Chicago.

Fire destroys the Yellow Cab garage, 1962, Chicago.

Street heat, 1952, Chicago. Francis Miller

Aerial view of the Our Lady of Angels fire, 909 N Avers in Humboldt Park, 12/1/1958, which killed 92 children and 3 nuns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_the_Angels_School_fire

One of the city’s last horse-drawn fire trucks on an alarm call, 1920, Chicago.

Aerial view of the Stockyards fire, 1934, Chicago.