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The Great Fire at Boston
Published by: Currier and Ives (American, 1857–1904)
1872
Medium/Technique
Hand-colored lithograph
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Cora M. Pendleton
Accession Number1976.637
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Conningham 2614
InscriptionsIn stone, at lower left: Published by Currier & Ives
In stone, at lower center: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington
In stone, at lower right: 125 Nassau St New York
In stone, below image: The Great Fire at Boston, / November 9th & 10th 1872. / The Fire began on Saturday evening and raged for 15 hours; destroying over Sixty Acres of Buildings, among which were / whole blocks of the finest Granite Stores on the continent, and property estimated at nearly $100,000,000.
In stone, at lower center: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1872 by Currier & Ives in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington
In stone, at lower right: 125 Nassau St New York
In stone, below image: The Great Fire at Boston, / November 9th & 10th 1872. / The Fire began on Saturday evening and raged for 15 hours; destroying over Sixty Acres of Buildings, among which were / whole blocks of the finest Granite Stores on the continent, and property estimated at nearly $100,000,000.