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  Ruins of the Crosby Opera House  
Ruins of the Crosby Opera House, 1871 Arresting Images
{ Red/Blue Stereograph }

All that remained of the newly-refurbished theater that was to re-open Monday, October 9, was this pile of rubble. The most visually striking stereographs were those, like this one, which sharply juxtaposed subjects at different distances from the camera.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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