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Descriptive Summary of the Collection
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Inventory of the C.R. Clark Photograph Book, ca. 1865-1872, 1911
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Polly Smith, 2009. ©2009. |
Descriptive Summary of the Collection |
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| Creator | Clark, C.R. (Charles R.) |
| Title | C.R. Clark Photograph Book |
| Dates | ca. 1865-1872, 1911 |
| Extent | 0.6 linear feet (2 boxes) |
| Abstract | Volume of individually mounted photographs compiled by C.R. Clark for Byron L. Smith, ca. 1911, showing scenes of Chicago before and after the 1871 fire. Includes a letter relating to Smith’s acquisition of the photograph book, and the original front and back covers. |
| Language | Materials are in English. |
| Repository | Newberry Library, Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections |
| Collection Call Number | Midwest MS Clark |
| Collection Stack Location | 3a 38 4 |
Administrative Information
Cite As
C.R. Clark Photograph Book, The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Provenance
Gift, Byron L. Smith
Processed by
Emily Calkins, 2006; Virginia Hay Smith, 2009.
Access
The C.R. Clark Photograph Book are open for research in the Special Collections Reading Room; (Priority III).
Ownership and Literary Rights
The C.R. Clark Photograph Book is the physical property of the Newberry Library. Copyright may belong to the authors or their legal heirs or assigns. For permission to publish or reproduce any materials from this collection, contact the Roger and Julie Baskes Department of Special Collections.
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Biography of C.R. Clark
C.R. Clark’s letterhead records the following: “Receiver of Cash Grain. Grain bought and sold for future delivery. 536 Postal Telegraph Building, Chicago”.
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Scope and Content of the Collection
Disbound volume of 177 individually mounted photographs of Chicago taken before and after the fire of 1871. Includes views of churches, bridges, businesses, houses, streets, rubble and miscellaneous devastated areas. Also, a letter to Byron L. Smith from C.R. Clark, written in 1911, offering such an album for “one hundred dollars completed”. Covers of the volume are included.
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Arrangement
Undated photos arranged in original order.
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Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Newberry Library's public catalog. Researchers desiring additional materials on a particular topic should search the catalog using these headings.
Names
- Clark, C.R. (Charles R.)
- Smith, Byron L., d. 1914
Subjects
- Chicago (Ill.) -- Photographs
- Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871 -- Photographs
- Manuscripts, American -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Photograph collections -- Illinois -- Chicago
- Photographs -- 1851-1900
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Container List |
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| Box | Folder | Contents | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Letter, Clark, C.R. to Byron L. Smith, regarding the photograph album, 1911 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | General view, North Side | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | From Harrison St. North | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Corner of Randolph and Wells St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | South Water St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Safes taken from Ruins of Halls Safe & Lock Co., Dearborn St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Burnt Safes on Dearborn St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 8 | Clark St. North from Court House | |||||||||
| 1 | 9 | From Rush St. Bridge | |||||||||
| 1 | 10 | Adams House | |||||||||
| 1 | 11 | View from Rush St. Bridge | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | Bigelow House | |||||||||
| 1 | 13 | From Linds Block Southeast | |||||||||
| 1 | 14 | Corner of Washington and LaSalle Sts. | |||||||||
| 1 | 15 | Near State and Monroe - Honore Building in distance | |||||||||
| 1 | 16 | Northwest from Clark and Monroe Sts. | |||||||||
| 1 | 17 | Lakeside Pub. Co., corner Adams and Clark | |||||||||
| 1 | 18 | Lakeside Pub. Co. | |||||||||
| 1 | 19 | Stove Warehouse | |||||||||
| 1 | 20 | Unidentified | |||||||||
| 1 | 21 | Michigan Ave. from Congress St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 22 | Culver Page & Hoyne | |||||||||
| 1 | 23 | Michigan Ave. - Temporary Chicago | |||||||||
| 1 | 24 | Temporary Chicago | |||||||||
| 1 | 25 | Southern limits of fire, Congress St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 26 | Pacific Hotel | |||||||||
| 1 | 27 | Pacific Hotel | |||||||||
| 1 | 28 | Pacific Hotel | |||||||||
| 1 | 29 | Cathedral of Holy Name | |||||||||
| 1 | 30 | Cathedral of Holy Name | |||||||||
| 1 | 31 | Cathedral of Holy Name | |||||||||
| 1 | 32 | First Presbyterian Church, Wabash Ave. | |||||||||
| 1 | 33 | First Presbyterian Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 34 | Lutheran Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 35 | Unity Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 36 | Unity and N.E. Churches | |||||||||
| 1 | 37 | Entrance to Unity Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 38 | Entrance to Robt Collyers Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 39 | N.E. and Unity Churches | |||||||||
| 1 | 40 | N.E. Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 41 | N.E. Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 42 | N.E. and Unity Churches, North Dearborn St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 43 | Trinity Episcopal Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 44 | Grace M.E. Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 45 | Mn. Park Congregational Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 46 | Methodist Church Block | |||||||||
| 1 | 47 | Methodist Church Block Clark St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 48 | St. Paul's Church Wabash Ave. | |||||||||
| 1 | 49 | Tribune Building | |||||||||
| 1 | 50 | Chicago Tribune | |||||||||
| 1 | 51 | Tribune Building | |||||||||
| 1 | 52 | Tribune Building | |||||||||
| 1 | 53 | General View from Tribune Building | |||||||||
| 1 | 54 | Tribune Press Room | |||||||||
| 1 | 55 | Tribune Building Court House in distance | |||||||||
| 1 | 56 | From Tribune Building Northwest | |||||||||
| 1 | 57 | From Tribune Building East | |||||||||
| 1 | 58 | From Tribune Building Southeast | |||||||||
| 1 | 59 | St. Joseph German Catholic Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 60 | St. Paul's Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 61 | St. Paul's Church Wabash Ave. | |||||||||
| 1 | 62 | St. James Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 63 | St. James Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 64 | St. James Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 65 | St. James Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 66 | Second Presbyterian Church corner Wabash Ave. & Washington St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 67 | St. James Hotel | |||||||||
| 1 | 68 | St. James Hotel | |||||||||
| 1 | 69 | Bigelow House | |||||||||
| 1 | 70 | From Lind's Block Southeast | |||||||||
| 1 | 71 | From Lind's Southeast | |||||||||
| 1 | 72 | Historical Building | |||||||||
| 1 | 73 | Post Office | |||||||||
| 1 | 74 | General View Post Office in distance | |||||||||
| 1 | 75 | Interior of Post Office | |||||||||
| 1 | 76 | Interior of Post Office | |||||||||
| 1 | 77 | Chamber of Commerce | |||||||||
| 1 | 78 | Chamber of Commerce | |||||||||
| 1 | 79 | LaSalle St. North from Washington | |||||||||
| 1 | 80 | Union Depot | |||||||||
| 1 | 81 | Shepard Block Dearborn St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 82 | Clark St. North from Washington | |||||||||
| 1 | 83 | Wabash Ave. North from Harrison St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 84 | Dearborn Theatre | |||||||||
| 1 | 85 | Clark St. Bridge North | |||||||||
| 1 | 86 | German Peace Celebration | |||||||||
| 1 | 87 | St. Joseph German Catholic Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 88 | Bryan Block corner LaSalle & Monroe | |||||||||
| 1 | 89 | Bryan Block corner LaSalle & Monroe | |||||||||
| 1 | 90 | Bryan Block | |||||||||
| 1 | 91 | Ruins of Palmer House | |||||||||
| 1 | 92 | Wabash Ave. | |||||||||
| 1 | 93 | Second Presbyterian Church | |||||||||
| 1 | 94 | Crosbys Opera House | |||||||||
| 1 | 95 | First National Bank corner of State and Washington Sts. | |||||||||
| 1 | 96 | First National Bank | |||||||||
| 1 | 97 | M.D. Ogden's Residence | |||||||||
| 1 | 98 | Honore Block | |||||||||
| 1 | 99 | Honore Block | |||||||||
| 1 | 100 | Honore Block | |||||||||
| 1 | 101 | From State & Monroe Honore Block in distance | |||||||||
| 1 | 102 | Honore Block and Post Office in distance | |||||||||
| 1 | 103 | Art Galleries Washington St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 104 | Field Leiter & Co. | |||||||||
| 1 | 105 | Field Leiter & Co. | |||||||||
| 1 | 106 | Field Leiter & Co. | |||||||||
| 1 | 107 | Sherman House | |||||||||
| 1 | 108 | Booksellers Row | |||||||||
| 1 | 109 | Corner State & Monroe | |||||||||
| 1 | 110 | Booksellers Row | |||||||||
| 1 | 111 | Booksellers Row State St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 112 | Booksellers Row corner State & Madison Sts. | |||||||||
| 1 | 113 | Drake Block | |||||||||
| 1 | 114 | Washington St. West from Wabash Ave. | |||||||||
| 1 | 115 | Entrance to Republic Insurance Co. Building, LaSalle St. | |||||||||
| 1 | 116 | Nixon's Building corner Monroe & LaSalle | |||||||||
| 1 | 117 | Van Buren St. Bridge | |||||||||
| 1 | 118 | Woods Museum | |||||||||
| 1 | 119 | Washington St. East from LaSalle | |||||||||
| 1 | 120 | Court House | |||||||||
| 1 | 121 | Court House | |||||||||
| 2 | 122 | Court House | |||||||||
| 2 | 123 | Court House | |||||||||
| 2 | 124 | West Wing Court House | |||||||||
| 2 | 125 | Interior of Court House | |||||||||
| 2 | 126 | Interior of Court House | |||||||||
| 2 | 127 | Court House Through Ruins of Fifth National Bank | |||||||||
| 2 | 128 | Court House Through Ruins of Fifth National Bank | |||||||||
| 2 | 129 | Court House Through Ruins East Side Clark St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 130 | West Wing of Court House | |||||||||
| 2 | 131 | From Dome of Court House North | |||||||||
| 2 | 132 | From Court House North | |||||||||
| 2 | 133 | From Court House Northeast | |||||||||
| 2 | 134 | From Dome of Court House East | |||||||||
| 2 | 135 | From Dome of Court House Southeast | |||||||||
| 2 | 136 | From Court House Southeast | |||||||||
| 2 | 137 | From Court House Steps North on Clark St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 138 | From Court House Steps Northwest | |||||||||
| 2 | 139 | From Court House South | |||||||||
| 2 | 140 | From Court House Steps South on Clark St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 141 | From Court House Northeast | |||||||||
| 2 | 142 | Bigelow House | |||||||||
| 2 | 143 | Bigelow House | |||||||||
| 2 | 144 | Bigelow House | |||||||||
| 2 | 145 | Illinois Central Rail Road Land Office | |||||||||
| 2 | 146 | Michigan Southern Depot | |||||||||
| 2 | 147 | Michigan Southern Depot | |||||||||
| 2 | 148 | Michigan Southern Depot | |||||||||
| 2 | 149 | Michigan Southern Depot | |||||||||
| 2 | 150 | From Michigan Ave. Hotel North | |||||||||
| 2 | 151 | Tremont House | |||||||||
| 2 | 152 | Insurance Building Washington St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 153 | Insurance Building Washington St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 154 | Insurance Building Washington St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 155 | Insurance Building Washington St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 156 | Water Works | |||||||||
| 2 | 157 | Ruins About Water Works | |||||||||
| 2 | 158 | Union Depot | |||||||||
| 2 | 159 | Washington St. Tunnel | |||||||||
| 2 | 160 | Ruins of the Drake Block | |||||||||
| 2 | 161 | Dearborn St. North from Adams | |||||||||
| 2 | 162 | W.B.Keen Cooke & Co. State St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 163 | From First National Bank Northeast | |||||||||
| 2 | 164 | Fifth National Bank corner Clark & Washington Sts. | |||||||||
| 2 | 165 | Interior of Fifth National Bank | |||||||||
| 2 | 166 | Fifth National Bank | |||||||||
| 2 | 167 | From Michigan Ave. Hotel North from Congress St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 168 | Sherman House | |||||||||
| 2 | 169 | State St. North from First National Bank | |||||||||
| 2 | 170 | Interior of McCaggs Conservatory | |||||||||
| 2 | 171 | E.B.McCaggs Conservatory | |||||||||
| 2 | 172 | Strom on Lake Michigan | |||||||||
| 2 | 173 | Merchants Insurance Co. Washington St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 174 | Merchants Insurance Co. Building corner LaSalle & Washington Sts. | |||||||||
| 2 | 175 | LaSalle St. Tunnel | |||||||||
| 2 | 176 | Republic Insurance Building | |||||||||
| 2 | 177 | West Washington St. | |||||||||
| 2 | 178 | Tremont House formerly Michigan Ave. Hotel | |||||||||
| 2 | 179 | Front and back covers of Clark's photograph book | |||||||||