[Chicago Fire]. A collection of 96 stereoviews taken before and after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many by Copelin and Melander.
All on 7 x 3 1/2 in. cardstock mounts showing Chicago and vicinity, including examples by Copelin & Melander, Copelin & Hine, Copelin & Son, Melander, and Melander & Henderson, most based in Chicago, IL. Many with series title and image title printed or written in period script on mount. Also enclosed are 20 stereoviews from the "Chicago Fire Storm" series produced by E. H. Bierer, Rockford, IL, each with applied paper label on verso including series title, image title, and studio imprint.
Content includes street scenes, store fronts, prominent residences, churches, landmarks, and public gatherings. Additional highlights include a selection of images by Copelin & Son showing the Chicago Water Works as well as views of Chicago expositions and fairs.
This lot is located in Chicago.
![[Chicago Fire]. A collection of 96 stereoviews taken before and after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many by Copelin and Melander.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/917fe2c0-479c-4913-bbdb-1a6bbe09645c?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[Chicago Fire]. A collection of 96 stereoviews taken before and after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many by Copelin and Melander.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/6f6881d5-9495-419f-bed8-86bda474cb8f?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[Chicago Fire]. A collection of 96 stereoviews taken before and after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many by Copelin and Melander.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/32200dd9-95a2-4493-bfe5-95526e48ffc3?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[Chicago Fire]. A collection of 96 stereoviews taken before and after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many by Copelin and Melander.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/f1343317-17f9-42f4-9645-0d9b4a7d09c4?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[Chicago Fire]. A collection of 96 stereoviews taken before and after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many by Copelin and Melander.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/eb3a66b0-67ab-4757-8741-c6a8a0ec9c3a?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![[Chicago Fire]. A collection of 96 stereoviews taken before and after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, many by Copelin and Melander.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/e5be9d9f-5483-4121-b87d-9d8aad351385?format=auto&width=1080&quality=75)
![Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio . London: Printed [by Robert Roberts, Robert Everingham, and John Macock] for H[enry]. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1685.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/f779d41e-10c5-40ff-8604-541d30ce8069?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio . London: Printed [by Robert Roberts, Robert Everingham, and John Macock] for H[enry]. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1685.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/d53b8740-39c5-4acb-a665-11ae4924b2c0?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio . London: Printed [by Robert Roberts, Robert Everingham, and John Macock] for H[enry]. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1685.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/a0bde776-d3d0-4292-975e-57c2014720f0?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio . London: Printed [by Robert Roberts, Robert Everingham, and John Macock] for H[enry]. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1685.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/8423a69e-8e9f-4a30-a240-ab3299b51cbf?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![Shakespeare, William (1564-1616). Mr. William Shakespear's Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies. Published according to the true Original Copies. Unto which is added, SEVEN PLAYS, Never before Printed in Folio . London: Printed [by Robert Roberts, Robert Everingham, and John Macock] for H[enry]. Herringman, and are to be sold by Joseph Knight and Francis Saunders, at the Anchor in the Lower Walk of the New Exchange, 1685.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/4dc187c5-6f0f-4804-8218-019bb455f330?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/3017b2f4-5ebd-4299-ba07-11948d956dda?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/06ef8a13-54c6-46d8-8ee8-ff4707ba0ed2?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/e697b7ca-9919-49d5-9510-3118a2424861?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/a31f8a9b-3b23-43fb-9932-ea801c0f46ef?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/cc3d019d-b0ef-481f-b858-789eeaee8043?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/756b5d94-6912-4b1a-ac0c-da8a8c80fb0a?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/816e3d6d-f56a-4c79-a47d-f5996022d474?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/71130e9c-43e1-430e-b968-a924cf7d0c1d?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![McKenney, Thomas L. (1785-1859) and James Hall (1793-1868). History of the Indian Tribes of North America . Philadelphia: [Edward C. Biddle, 1836]; Frederick W. Greenough, 1838; Daniel Rice and James G. Clark, 1844.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/a5d5d118-2bca-4987-b303-3f944727985c?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![[Chicago Pre-Fire]. Sheahan, James W. (1824-1883), text, and Louis Kurz (1833-1921), artist. Chicago Illustrated. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/b57fbef1-a0d9-4713-ae40-8d755487f6f1?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![[Chicago Pre-Fire]. Sheahan, James W. (1824-1883), text, and Louis Kurz (1833-1921), artist. Chicago Illustrated. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/1ea7d1c4-6b09-4f18-a89d-a6c593b111d7?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![[Chicago Pre-Fire]. Sheahan, James W. (1824-1883), text, and Louis Kurz (1833-1921), artist. Chicago Illustrated. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/283c1a07-5196-4a64-bbfd-b71254cd613d?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![[Chicago Pre-Fire]. Sheahan, James W. (1824-1883), text, and Louis Kurz (1833-1921), artist. Chicago Illustrated. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/4a9951cd-6fa3-4526-acc3-12fe7568f09c?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
![[Chicago Pre-Fire]. Sheahan, James W. (1824-1883), text, and Louis Kurz (1833-1921), artist. Chicago Illustrated. Chicago: Jevne & Almini, January 1866-January 1867.](https://assets.basta.app/accounts/4832eb18-f9a7-4c12-8295-871abe232696/images/33e9b49d-1774-4e01-81c9-d0c5616ce25c?format=auto&width=828&quality=75)
