News reports indicated that this image was taken at dawn on June 26, 1014 on the Salem Common. It depicts families seeking refuge with the few possessions they were able to save from their homes. The homeless sought refuge in several locations throughout the city: the Salem Common; the Salem Willows; the Broad Street Cemetery; and Forest River Park. Babies were born in several of these locations on the night of the fire.
Date
June 26, 1914
Subjects
Disaster victims; Homeless families; Household goods; Salem Common (Salem, Mass.)
Repository
The Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
Format/Type
Photograph/JPEG
Negative Number
#32820
Date Digital
2008
Publication Rights
Requests for permission to publish material from this collection must be submitted in writing to the Reference Librarian in the Phillips Library at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
