Images Dated 27th May 2013

Chicago before the Great City Fire in 1871, published 1872

Birds eye view of Chicago before the Great City Fire in 1871. Legend: 1) West-side, 2) Union-park, 3) Gasworks, 4) Lincoln-park, 5) Washington-place, 6) Promenade, 7) North-side, 8) Waterworks, 9) North-bayou, 10) Northwest-Railway, 11) Railway station, 12) South-bayou, 13) Statestreet-bridge, 14) Clarkstreet-bridge, 15) Wellsstreet-bridge, 17) Michigan railway, 18) Construction of Ogden's Hotel, 19) Bigelow's Hotel, 20) Palmer's Hotel, 21) Bartlett's church, 22) Baptist church, 23) Michigan-Avenue Hotel, 24) Terrace-Row, 25) Drake-Building, 26) Chicago-Times, publishing company, 27) Headquarters of General Sheridan, 28) Railway station, 29) Courthouse, 30) Commercial court, 31) Post Office, 32) Chicago-Tribune, publishing company, 33) Crosby's Opera House, 34) Rushstreet-bridge, 35) Colyer's church, 36) Grain elevator, 37) Magazine, 38) Chicago River, 39) Club place for ball games, 40) Booksellers, 41) Mouth of the channel into the Chicago River, 42) Lake park, 43) South-side, 44) Tremont-Hotel, 45) Sherman-Hotel, 46) Briggs-Hotel, 47) Granary, where the Great City Fire of 1871 broke out first. Woodcut engraving from my archive, published in 1872

Marbled Fritillary -Brenthis daphne-, outer wings, searching for nectar in a Jerusalem Thorn or Crown of Thorns -Paliurus spina-cristi-, Lake Kerkini, Kerkini, Central Macedonia, Greece

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Workers arrange Romanias national flag during a Guinness World Record attempt for

Workers arrange Romania's national flag during a Guinness World Record attempt for the world's biggest national flag in Clinceni, near Bucharest May 27, 2013. The flag, measuring 349.4 by 226.9 meters, established a new Guinness World Record, according to the organisation's officials. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E95R1PW301