Concept Gallery
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Fri, Mar 27, 2020 10:00AM EDT
Lot 654

25 stereoviews Chicago San Francisco Disasters

Estimate: $100 - $200

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$400 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $200
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Group of 25 stereoviews, 3 show the aftermath of the 1871 Chicago Fire and the other 22 are from a set showing the effects of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake. 2 Chicago views by W. S. Wheeler, the other by W. D. Fay, a crumpled building, a view of Michigan St. from Dearborn St and a few houses on a hillside. SF views from a set of 25 (our lacking #s 6, 9 and 22), housed in original cardboard box, with many images of refugee camps, one titled "True Grit" showing a barber painting his sign on his temporary store, i.e., a tent, ruins of a synagogue on Sutter St, ruins of the Fairmont Hotel, cops guarding exposed bank safes, City Hall and others.
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