Rebuilding Chicago, Oct. 1871.

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Bulkeley (American, 1867 - 1990)

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Bulkeley (American, 1867 - 1990)

PublisherPublished by Rufus Blanchard (American, 1822 - 1904)

Dateafter 1871

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 9 3/16 x 13 13/16in. (23.3 x 35.1cm) Sheet (height x width): 12 3/8 x 17 9/16in. (31.4 x 44.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1994.181.0

DescriptionIn the foreground, two men in work clothes consisting of shirts and trousers mix mortar in a trough. One man is smoking a pipe. A third man carries bricks in a hod, while a fourth man appears to be filling a second hod with bricks. A horse-drawn cart full of bricks and a man with a shovel are at the far right. Barrels and additional bricks are at the left. In the left background, men use a block and tackle to hoist stones on the roof of a large building. Two men are laying bricks on the second floor of the next building to the right. Another man climbs a ladder. Still another carries an empty hod on his shoulder. A two-wheeled cart drawn by a horse is to his right. At the far right, a man wields a pick. Another man wheels a wheelbarrow. An evergreen tree decked with streamers and an American flag is on the roof of the building at the far right. Densely packed buildings, many of them showing fire damage, extend into the distance.

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