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Origin of the Great Chicago Fire Oct. 8th 1871, c.1872 (litho)

Origin of the Great Chicago Fire Oct. 8th 1871, c.1872 (litho)
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Origin of the Great Chicago Fire Oct. 8th 1871, c.1872 (litho)
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Crosby, L. V. H. (19th century) (after) / American
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Chicago History Museum, USA
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lithograph
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The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, in which 3.3 square miles of the city was destroyed by fire, was widely believed to have begun when a cow belonging to Catherine O'Leary kicked over a lantern and set her barn alight. It was not until some years later that Michael Ahern, reporter for the Chicago Republican, admitted that he had made the story up because he thought that it would make colourful copy.

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