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Bureau County History Center begins photo exhibit’s second phase · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Bureau County History Center begins photo exhibit second phase. This
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  article is being read by an automated voice, brought to you by
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  Everlet. The Bureau County History Center will exhibit more than twenty-two thousand
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  pictures of the Chicago Fire of 1874 as part of its Henry
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  W. M. Key collection's second phase. Henry W. Imkey of Princeton was
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  in Chicago for a photography meeting and ran to the firesight with
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  the equipment he had brought with him on this trip. Bureau County
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  History Center curator Jessica Grace said in a news release.
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  These photos have likely never been seen by the public before. We've
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  been able to digitize the original glass plate photos for everyone to
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  see, Gray also said in the news release. The Chicago Fire of
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  1874 occurred around 4:30 p.m. July 14, 1874. The
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  fire lasted eight hours, destroyed 47 acres of populated neighborhoods, and killed
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  20 people. This is the second part of a three-year exhibition at
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  the Bureau County History Center’s Bureau County History Center executive director Lex
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  Poppin said in the news release. This second exhibit, called Henry W.
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  Imkey, Out and About features photos of area homes, industry, agriculture, and
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  the second Chicago fire. The Henry W. Imke collection has been visited
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  by over 400 people since opening at the Bureau County History Center's
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  Newell Brant Museum in September. The photographs were digitized and cleaned through
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  private funding. The exhibit runs through the fall of 2027. The Newell
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  Briant Museum is open from noon to five p.m. Fridays and Saturdays
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  or via appointment. The exhibit costs seven dollars for adults, three dollars
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  for children, ages fifteen and under, and free for museum members and
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  active duty military personnel. For more information, visit Bureauhistory.org or call 815-875-2184.