Bureau County History Center begins photo exhibit’s second phase

The Bureau County History Center will exhibit more than 22,000 pictures of the Chicago Fire of 1874 as part of its Henry W. Immke Collection’s second phase.“Henry W. Immke of Princeton was in Chicago for a photography meeting and ran to the fire site with the equipment he had brought with him on this trip,” Bureau County History Center curator Jessica Gray said in a news release.“These photos have likely never been seen by the public before. We’ve been able to digitize the original glass plate photos for everyone to see,” Gray also said in the news release.The Chicago Fire of 1874 occurred around 4:30 p.m. July 14, 1874. The fire lasted eight hours, destroyed 47 acres of populated neighborhoods and killed 20 people.“This is the second part of a three-year exhibition at the Bureau County History Center,” Bureau County History Center executive director Lex Poppens said in the news release.“This second exhibit, called Henry W. Immke: Out and About, features photos of area homes, industry,