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W. D. Kerfoot Block, 1871 (b/w photo)

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CHH468431
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W. D. Kerfoot Block, 1871 (b/w photo)
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American Photographer, (19th century) / American
Location
Chicago History Museum, USA
Medium
black and white photograph
Date
1871 AD (C19th AD)
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W. D. Kerfoot, a real estate agent who lost everything in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, erected the first building in the ruins of the city the day after the fire ended. His hand written sign proclaiming 'All Gone but Wife, Children and Energy' become an icon of Chicagoan entrepreneurial spirit in the wake of the fire.

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© Chicago History Museum / Bridgeman Images
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USA / North America / America (continent) / destruction / men / shack / post-fire / people / rebuild / rebuilt / bill posters / mid-west / exterior / ruined / conflagration / entrepreneurial / entrepreneur / destroyed / great chicago fire / photography / photo / ruins / real estate agent / aftermath / america / photograph / first building / building / chicago / illinois / usa / shanty / Photograph / Photography / Mzphoto
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