[Homeless tenants gathered near a building after their tenement building burned down due to an explosion]

Open URL [Homeless tenants gathered near a building after their tenement building burned down due to an explosion]
  • Collection ID DN-0067599
  • Creator Names Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.
  • Title [Homeless tenants gathered near a building after their tenement building burned down due to an explosion] [graphic].
  • Dates [1917 Feb. 2]
  • Physical description 1 negative : b&w, glass ; 4 x 5 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 homeless tenants gathered near a building after their building burned down due to an explosion. One man is carrying a bundle of material on his back. A man holding a tripod camera is visible on the left side of the image. The explosion occurred on February 2, 1917 at 12:50 a.m. at 813-823 West 14th Place and South Newberry Avenue in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. The cause was believed to be a leak in the gas main and approximately twenty-five people died.
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  • Names 813-823 West 14th Place (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Disaster victims Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
    • Explosions Illinois Chicago 1910-1919. lctgm
  • Geographic coverage
    • Newberry Avenue (Chicago, Ill.) 1910-1919.
    • Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.) 1910-1919.
    • Chicago (Ill.) 1910-1919.
  • Genre
    • Dry plate negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin dry plate negatives. aat
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.
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