12 x 16 1/4 in. albumen photograph on original cardstock mount of the "Ruins of Chicago" after the Great Chicago Fire, providing a view of Wabash and Michigan Avenues. Lower margin with key to destroyed buildings, including the Tribune Building, First Natl. Bank, the Post Office and Illinois & Michigan Central Depots. (Fading, occasional spotting and soiling to print. few visible tears to edges of mount.) Unexamined outside of frame. Provenance: sold, Hindman Auctions, 15 March 2007, lot 67.