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Iroquois Theater doors
Chicago's AH Andrews Co.
advertised in Iroquois Program
Fire escapes at Iroquois
Theater
South side Iroquois Theater
auditorium
Iroquois Theater
auditorium days after fire
25 inch rise between rows
in Iroquois Theater balcony
Caged in a deathtrap
Seating
where it shouldn't have been
Landing at Iroquois
Theater that became a deathtrap
Iroquois Theater renamed
Colonial Theater in 1909
Chicago buildings
involved in Iroquois Theater disaster
Officials inspect stair
gates
Stage property reduced to
glass chips to avoid import duties
Iroquois chieftain
sculpture by Joseph Dux on Chicago theater
Race for life in utility
stairwell
John R. Freeman Theater
fire investigator
Edward M. Teall insurance
meddler
Benjamin Marshall
designed a pretty palace
St.
John Lewis scenic theater curtain painter
Edison
Electric installed electric fixtures
W. T.
Wilmarth supplied light fixtures
Sprinklered theaters were
rare in 1903 Chicago
Uncontrolled lighting played a role
Iroquois fire
extinguishers a joke
Louis Guenzel detailed
Iroquois Theater doors
Iroquois Theater missing
water
A note about sourcing. When this
project began, I failed to anticipate the day might come when a
more scholarly approach would be called for. When my
mistake was recognized I faced a decision: go back and spend years creating source lists for every page, or go
forward and try to cover more of the people and circumstances
involved in the disaster. Were I twenty years younger, I'd
have gone back, but in recognition that this project will end when I do, I chose to go forward.
These pages will provide enough information, it is hoped, to
provide subsequent researchers with additional information.
I would like to
hear from you if you have additional info about an Iroquois victim, or find an error,
and you're invited to visit the
comments page to share stories and observations about the Iroquois Theater fire.
