View from the Court House Steps

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

Date1871

MediumAlbumen stereograph

DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (9.53 × 15.88 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 6 15/16 inches (10 × 17.62 cm)

Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.

Object number2005.27.3662

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, white label, in black type: "AMONG THE RUINS IN CHICAGO. / No. 9 / Chamber of Commerce, from cor. La Salle & Washington Sts. looking east.".

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

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DescriptionImage(s) taken from a high vantage point looking down onto a few men standing on a pathway with a large pile of stones along the left side. In the background are architectural ruins in various stages of disrepair.

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