Open Board Building...

Artist George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)

Date1871

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 13/16 × 6 3/16 inches (9.68 × 15.72 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 7 inches (10 × 17.78 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3660

SignedOn mount verso, center, white label, in black type: "Photographed and Published by / G.N. BARNARD, No. 376 VAN BUREN ST., CHICAGO, ILL."

InscribedOn mount recto, left edge, in black type: "LOVEJOY & FOSTER, 309 W. RANDOLPH ST. / CHICAGO."; On mount recto, right edge, in black type: "GREAT FIRE IN CHICAGO, OCT. 9, 1871."; On mount verso, center, whihte label, in black type: "AMONG THE RUINS IN CHICAGO. / No. 7 / Open Board Building, N.S. Washington, St. bet. La Salle St. & Fifth Av.".

MarkingsOn mount verso, top, in black pen: "Bequest of Edgar J. Rollins / May 27, 1946"

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DescriptionImage(s) of architectural ruins with a building fragment in the upper right corner, filling the bottom third of the frame are piles of building debris. Utility poles are in the background on the far left.

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