$275
A stereoview featuring the O'Leary house (left), with the McLaughlin in the foreground. By Hart and Anderson, Rockford, Illinois, (c. 1871). Text to verso numbers this photograph No. 1, entitled "The Scully House. Beginning of the Fire." The house in the front is actually the McLaughlin house and the O'Leary house is the house to the left. Two paragraphs describe the ashes in the background as the start of the conflagration. 3 1/2 x 7 inches.
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2009-07-28