Sold for:
$2,074
$2,074
Evening Journal Extra. Chicago, Monday, October 9, 1871. "The Great Calamity of the Age!/Chicago in Ashes! . . . The Conflagration Still in Progress!" Three columns. First issue. Printed by the Interior Printing Company, The only Chicago newspaper printed during the fire as a broadside. A copy owned by the Chicago Historical Society has an inscription: "The original form . . . was three columns, but the press broke, & the balance of the edition was printed on a proof press, by hand. The proof press could only accommodate two columns," etc. Size of frame 18 x 14 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2010-11-18
