![]() ![]() Stop by our Museum Store to pick up a signed copy of Carl Smith’s book. ![]() The talk will be richly illustrated with a wide selection of contemporary images. It will then focus in particular on how people in the Driehaus Museum neighborhood, which was completely destroyed, experienced the fire. Smith will draw on his research to present an overview of those fateful October days in 1871 when Chicago watched as a third of its city burned and afterwards, learned the hopeful lessons that ensured its broad-shouldered future. Join us for a vivid overview of the Great Chicago Fire with Carl Smith, the Franklyn Bliss Snyder Professor of English and American Studies and Professor of History, Emeritus, at Northwestern University, and the author of Chicago’s Great Fire: The Destruction and Resurrection of an Iconic American City. Thursday, October 7 6:00-7:30 pm CDT ONLINE ONLY Buy Tickets General Public: $15 Members: $12 ![]()
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