Chicago Housing
| Title | Chicago Housing |
| View | Fire Trap 1:9:4 |
| Series | II: Buildings and Grounds |
| Description | Southwest corner, fire-gutted building has one and two-rooms kitchenette apartments with an average of six families sharing a toilet. Nine persons lost their lives December 9 in an exceptionally fast spreading fire, which started on the fourth floor but burned out the interior of the rooms, including the ground floor stores. This was the first 5-11 alarm fire Chicago has had in a residential building. |
| Subject Terms | Exterior views | Fires | Fires--Casualties | Apartment houses | Automobiles |
| Photographer | Mead, Mildred LaDue, 1910-2001 |
| Photograph Date | 1950-12-09 |
| Physical Format | Photographic prints; 19.0 x 24.5 cm |
| Location | Chicago, Illinois |
| Collection | Archival Photographic Files. Addenda. Mildred Mead Photographs |
| Repository | University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center |
| Image Identifier | apf2-09120 |
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