File:Escapees from the Iroquois Theatre fire.jpg

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English: During the Iroquois Theatre fire of 1904, students and workers at nearby Northwestern University extended ladders and boards across the alley between the university and the theater, enabling some theatergoers to crawl across to safety.

Note that, as indicated by the mirror-reversed signature of artist Charles N. Landon, the Tacoma Times published this image in reverse.
Date no later than January 5, 1904, and no earlier than December 30, 1903
Source http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1904-01-05/ed-1/seq-2/ (Tacoma Times)
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Charles N. Landon  (1878–1937)  wikidata:Q5081194
 
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Charles Nelson Landon; C.N. Landon
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Date of birth/death 19 December 1878 Edit this at Wikidata 17 May 1937 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Norwalk Edit this at Wikidata Cleveland Edit this at Wikidata
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