Fire fighters battling a building fire while a crowd filling the street watches at West Madison and California Streets in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.

View of fireman standing on top of a building and people climbing down the fire escape at a fire scene on Wacker Drive and State Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. Fire trucks and groups of spectators are visible on the ground below.

Far view of a fire at the Armour Institute of Technology at 3300 Armour Avenue (later Federal Street) in the Douglas community area of Chicago, Illinois. Fire engines and firemen are visible in front of the building. The Illinois Institute of Technology later occupied this location, between South State and South Federal Streets.

 Illinois, image taken from behind a crowd. Ladders are leaning against the front of the building, and people can be seen on the exterior of the building near the top windows. Many people are standing at the base of the building watching.

Image of a two fire fighters standing in front of a fire engine with a cloud of smoke behind the engine in Chicago, Illinois.

Image of firemen driving a horse drawn fire engine out of a station while two boys watch from the side of the driveway in Chicago, Illinois.

Fire at the Iroquois Theater, Chicago, Illinois.

Image of six firemen standing in front of a fire engine on a train flatcar in Chicago, Illinois.

Battalion Chief Joseph L. Kenyon standing in the snow at a fire scene in Chicago, Illinois.

Fireman on the roof of the Kaiserhoff Hotel after a fire. The Kaiserhoff Hotel was located at 314-328 South Clark Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The image was taken from a nearby skyscraper.

Fire Chief Thomas O'Connor (marked with an x) and fireman outdoors at night, fire hoses are visible on the ground on a street in Chicago, Illinois.

Fire engine driver's test, man driving a horse-drawn fire engine in a city street in Chicago, Illinois.

Fire engine covered with ice at the scene of the Hollister Bros. building fire in Chicago, Illinois.

Exterior, side view of the Peoples Institute building in Chicago, Illinois, showing the theater portion of the building where a fire broke out and a crowd of onlookers gathered nearby. Fire fighters, wagons and ladders are visible near the building.

Smalltown volunteer fire department at work. Aledo, Illinois.

Fire fighters standing in front of and fire fighting equipment leaning against the ice-covered Winfield P. Dunn building after its fire was extinguished. The building was located at 158 West Adams Street (formerly 427-439 Adams Street) in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Fire Chief Charles F. Seyferlich at the scene of a fire standing over fire hoses lying on a street in Chicago, Illinois. Group of firemen working together, lifting something. Crowd visible watching in the background.

Image of two fire fighters, standing under an elevated train track, spraying water from a hose on the Colby Furniture Store. The building, owned by John A. Colby & Sons was located at 29 South Wabash Avenue (formerly 148 Wabash Avenue) in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Fire engine at the scene of a tenement building explosion in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois. Ice has formed by the water outlet due to cold weather.

Fire fighters spraying water on the side of the Kostka School as a crowd of people watches from the sidewalk across the street. The Kostka School, located at 1255 North Noble Street in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, was affiliated with the St. Stanislaus Kostka Church.

Three firemen, holding a fire hose, standing in the charred ruins of the 68th Street water intake crib after the 1909 fire. The crib was located off the shore of Lake Michigan near 68th Street in the South Shore community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Fire engine at a fire at night in Chicago, Illinois. The fire engine's light is on and the engine is parked beneath trees along the side of a road.

Firemen sitting in a gasoline powered fire engine on a street in Chicago, Illinois. The firemen were members of the Fire Insurance Patrol of the Chicago Fire Department.

Two firefighters shooting water through water guns mounted on a Chicago Fire Department fire truck on a street in Chicago, Illinois. Two large hoses are attached to the fire truck to supply water.

Six members of the Goose Island Fire Department standing on and in front of a horse drawn fire engine. Goose Island was located in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Portrait of Firemen Thomas H. Crowley, Frank Moore, William Sheehan, and Charles McClaughery holding a fire hose from which water is spraying on a street in Chicago, Illinois. This image may have been taken during drill work.

Firemen, members of the Fire Insurance Patrol, sitting and standing in a fire truck sitting in front of a fire station in Chicago, Illinois.

Firemen riding on a new fire truck on a street in Chicago, Illinois.

Firemen working in freezing temperatures, spraying water on a fire at a U.S. Army Medical Corps warehouse located at West 40th Street and South Dearborn in the Grand Boulevard community area in Chicago, Illinois.

View of water being sprayed past railroad cars at the Nelson Morris and Company stockyards fire in the Union Stockyards, located in the New City community area of Chicago, Illinois. Twenty-one firemen were crushed to death under a falling wall at a fire in Nelson Morris and Company's meat storage house on Dec 22-23, 1910, at the Union Stockyards.

Fire engine in operation below an elevated track on a commercial street in Chicago, Illinois.

Exterior view of the Gen. Frederick Dent Grant residence, located at 1404-1410 North Dearborn Street (formerly 532 Dearborn Avenue) in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Exterior view of a building covered in ice after a fire on West Madison Street near Union Street in the Near West Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Firefighters holding hoses and spraying water during a fire on Wacker Drive and Wells Street. A fire engine is visible in the foreground. The El is visible in the background.

Firefighters standing on fire engines in front of a new fire station, located at 4602 South Cottage Grove Avenue in the Grand Boulevard community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Two firefighters shooting water into the Chicago River through water guns mounted on a Chicago Fire Department fire truck on a street in Chicago, Illinois. The fire truck is parked next to a wall overlooking the river, and a Fire Boat is visible in the rive to the right of the truck.

Horse drawn fire engines and men standing in the snow at an intersection near the Tattersall's building during a fire. Tattersall's of Chicago Ltd. was located on the east side of South Dearborn Street between West 16th and West 17th Streets in the Near South Side community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Firefighters spraying water on the Morris & Co. building, on fire in Chicago, Illinois.

Firemen standing on a new fire truck on a street in Chicago, Illinois, spraying water from hoses at a building on fire.

Crowds of children, members of the Chicago Junior Fire Department, standing in front of a City of Chicago Fire Department station in Chicago, Illinois.

Last fire horses standing harnessed to a fire wagon and standing on a street surrounded by a crowd in Chicago, Illinois.

Crowd standing around a wrecked fire truck in front of a building after an accident on Jackson Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Firemen spraying water from hoses on the German Building, located in the Jackson Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, during a fire.

Image of a small group of men and women gathered around the oldest fire engine on a pier under a roof hung with American flags during the Pageant of Progress in Chicago, Illinois.

Firefighters spraying water from hoses at a fire in a building near the North Pier in Chicago, Illinois, dark exposure. Ladders are leaning against the building, and fire trucks are parked in front of the building.

Hoses lying on the ground as firemen spray water on a fire at a soap factory on Polk and Wells Streets in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Firemen spraying water on the German Building, located in the Jackson Park community area of Chicago, Illinois, during a fire. Water is also spraying from a ladder extended near the top of the building on the left side of the image.

Five firemen of the Chicago Fire Department, wearing helmets and coats, standing on and in front of a fire department vehicle on a street in front of a fire station in Chicago, Illinois.

Firemen of the Chicago Fire Department, a group of boys, members of the Chicago Junior Fire Department, and clown Smoky Rogers standing and sitting in a fire truck in a garage in Chicago, Illinois.

Exterior view of a fire station building, viewed at an angle, located at 1700 West 95th Street in the Washington Heights community area of Chicago, Illinois. Text on image reads: Fire station, 95 Ashland.

Crowd standing around a wrecked fire engine and automobile after an accident on Jackson Street in Chicago, Illinois.

Fire fighters standing on a new fire truck and spraying water from hoses on a building that is on fire in Chicago, Illinois. A ladder from the truck is extended towards the building.

Crowds standing on Wabash Street near Jackson Boulevard in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, during a building fire. Ladders are visible extending from the ground towards the building, and smoke is billowing from the building. An elevated train track is visible on the left side of the image.

Firefighters operating water hoses on the deck of the fireboat the Graeme Stewart].

Firehouse, located at 2214 West Barry Avenue in the North Center community area of Chicago, Illinois.

Firemen sitting in and standing on a fire engine on a driveway in front of a fire station located at 119 North Franklin Street in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. A banner in the background reads, in part: Baseball, Chicago vs. Detroit.

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