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| Title | Wreckage of the Bloomington Fire |
| Coverage / Year | 1900 |
| Description | The damaged Bloomington skyline is visible beyond the courthouse square. A streetcar and a crowd of people are visible in the foreground. June 19, 1900, much of the center of Bloomington was destroyed by a fire that started in the Model Laundry. Flames spread rapidly and destroyed many buildings in a four square block area of the city. No businesses failed because of the fire, and most of the rebuilding was completed within one year. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | How we learn about communities; Communities and Geography; American Communities in History |
| Learning Standards | 15 Economics; 16 History; 18 Social systems |
| Author or Creator | McLean County Historical Society, Bloomington, Ill. |
| Other Contributors | Munson, Don, 1941-
Wyckoff, Martin A., 1950-
Koos, Greg, 1949-
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| Source | 'The Illustrated History of McLean County', pp. 232 |
| Subject / Keywords | McLean County, Illinois; Transportation; Street railroads; Fire; |
| Collection Publisher | McLean County Museum of History
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | mch0099 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 31222222222002_mch0099.jpg |
