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The great fire at St. John, N. B. June 20th 1877

Description: Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, at night during the fire of June 20, 1877, with the Reversing Falls Suspension Bridge and Saint John River in the foreground, and many of the buildings in the city's central business district in flames in the background.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ©1877
Call number: priJLC_FIRE_001471
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005.

The city of St. John, - New Brunswick

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Image of an elevated landscape view of Saint John, New Brunswick, on the Bay of Fundy at the mouth of the Saint John River; man sitting on coast with livestock in foreground.

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View of the great fire in New-York, Decr. 16th. & 17th. 1835 : as seen from the top of the bank of America. Cor. of Wall & Wm. St

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Image of an elevated view of the ruins of the Merchants' Exchange and surrounding buildings at Wall Street and William Street in New York City engulfed by flames during the Great New York Fire of December 16-17, 1835, with rows of firefighters, spectators, men moving cargo boxes and barrels, and some horse-drawn wagons; one building on fire has the sign "Fulton Fire Insurance Company."

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View of the great fire in New York, Decr. 16th & 17th, 1835 as seen from the top of the Bank of America. Cor. of Wall & Wm. St

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Image of an elevated view of the ruins of the Merchants' Exchange and surrounding buildings at Wall Street and William Street in New York City engulfed by flames during the Great New York Fire of December 16-17, 1835, with the street filled with rows of firefighters, spectators, men moving cargo boxes and barrels, and some horse-drawn wagons; one building on fire has the sign "Fulton Fire Insurance Company."

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The only route via Niagara Falls & suspension bridge: for Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco and all points west take the Great Western & Michigan Central R'y Line

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Image of an elevated landscape view of a steam locomotive and passenger train with baggage and sleeping cars crossing the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge between the bridge towers on the New York side of the gorge; with pedestrians and a horse-drawn carriage below the bridge and Witmer's Mill behind it, and Niagara Falls, the banks, and the covered enclosure of an incline railway in the distance; the locomotive has a 4-4-0 wheel arrangement and the cab and tender are labeled "207."

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Sketch of the Niagara Falls suspension bridge : (new in progress) shewing [sic] the basket ferry and the temporary towers of the foot bridge

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Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Niagara Falls gorge, showing the cable lines and ferry basket that were strung across the Niagara River during the construction Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge connecting New York and Ontario, Canada, with towers and a man on the banks in the foreground, and the waterfall in the distance; section view of cable in ferry and bridge statistics printed in bottom margin.

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Fulton Worsted Mills. Oswego Falls, N.Y. Rebuilt 1891. Charles Fletcher proprietor

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Image of an elevated panoramic view of the Fulton Worsted Mills factory complex of buildings in Fulton, New York; a bridge over Oswego River near Oswego Falls is visible in the foreground; housing pictured at right and the city in the background.

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The great fire at St. John, N. B. June 20th 1877

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