Rare Tract on the Jacksonville Fire of 1901
The Great Fire of 1901 occurred in Jacksonville, Florida on May 3, 1901. The fire was the third largest urban fire in the United States, after the Great Chicago Fire (1871) and the 1906 San Francisco fire.
"This little book ... tells how the loss befell us, how bitter was our need, how generous was the response from the whole people and how fully the wishes of the donors were made a law to those clothed with the responsibility of the distribution." J.E.T. Bowden, Mayor of Jacksonville"--Imprimis.
The work includes a map outlining the burnt district of the city. The frontispiece is a folding Panoramic View of the Burnt District of Jacksonville, as Seen From an Elevation, with eight additional small vignettes illustrating specific buildings after the fire.
The book was published by James A. Holloman, Night Editor of the Florida Times-Union and Citizen. Jacksonville, Florida.
Rarity
OCLC locates 1 copy (Rollins College). We note examples at the Main Library at the University of North Florida, Jacksonville. Library of Congress, and Princeton.
We note one example at auction in the past 100 years (Park Bernet, 1954)