1871

The Great Chicago Fire was a conflagration that burned in the American city of Chicago during October 8 - 10, 1871. The fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of the city including over 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless...

Place Vendôme; General Staff Officers Supervising Felling Arrangements of the Column in 1871.

This scene shows cables tied o the column to be used to pull down the Column of the Grand Army on May 16th 1871 by the Communards.

The rue de Rivoli after the fights and the fires of the Paris Commune, 1871

Destruction of Vendôme Column in 1871 Paris

Demolished Vendôme Column, Paris 1871

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A statue of Napoleon lies broken in the Place Vendome after being dismantled by the Paris Commune. The Commune described the statue as "a monument of barbarism, a symbol of brute force and false glory".

Vendôme Column and Felling Machinery, Paris, 1871

Column of Place Vendôme shortly after it falls, May 16th 1871, Paris

Communards and Gustave Courbet pose with the statue of Napoléon I from the toppled Vendôme column, Paris 1871

Chicago pre-fire. Washington St. Tunnel.