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Bookseller's Row

Artist George N. Barnard (American, 1819 - 1902)
Date1871
MediumAlbumen stereograph
DimensionsImage and sheet (both): 3 3/4 × 6 3/16 inches (9.53 × 15.72 cm)
Mount: 3 15/16 × 7 inches (10 × 17.78 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.3666
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. 35 / BOOKSELLERS ROW, N.E. corner Madison and State Sts.".
MarkingsOn mount verso, top, in black pen: "Bequest of Edgar J. Rollins / May 27, 1946"
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DescriptionImage of architectural ruins with segments of the exterior walls still standing. Several men stand on stone fragments near the front corner of the building.
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2005.27.3670
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George N. Barnard
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George N. Barnard
1871
2005.27.3667
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George N. Barnard
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2005.27.3672
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George N. Barnard
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2005.27.3663
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George N. Barnard
1871
2005.27.3660
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George N. Barnard
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2005.27.3658
View from the Court House Steps
George N. Barnard
1871
2005.27.3662
Chamber of Commerce...
George N. Barnard
1871
2005.27.3661
Ruins of the Mammoth Store of Field and Leiter
George N. Barnard
1871
2005.27.3668
Antique Ruins with Apostles Preaching
Giovanni Paolo Panini
1744
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