[Group of firefighters standing in smoke and working during a fire at night at Chicago State Hospital for the Insane at Dunning]

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  • Collection ID DN-0076480
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Group of firefighters standing in smoke and working during a fire at night at Chicago State Hospital for the Insane at Dunning] [graphic].
  • Dates [ca. 1924 Jan. 1]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 5 x 7 in.
  • Access and usage restrictions Restriction: Original negatives are fragile and not available to researchers. Please consult the on-line image instead.
  • Collection summary Image of a group of firefighters, in uniform, standing in smoke and working during a fire at night on December 26, 1923, at Chicago State Hospital for the Insane at Dunning, located at West Irving Park Road and North Narragansett Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, in which nineteen people died.
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  • Names Chicago State Hospital
  • Subjects
    • Fire fighters Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Smoke Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
    • Mental institutions Illinois Chicago 1920-1929. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Chicago (Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1920-1929.
    • Dunning (Chicago, Ill.) Buildings, structures, etc. 1920-1929.
  • Genre
    • Exterior views. aat
    • Night photographs. gmgpc
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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