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Origin of the Chicago Fire, c.1871 (glass lantern slide)

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CHH468426
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Origin of the Chicago Fire, c.1871 (glass lantern slide)
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Mull, W. O. (19th century) / American
Location
Chicago History Museum, USA
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photograph
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An artist's impression of the cause of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 that destroyed 3.3 square miles of the city. The fire was widely believed to have begun by a cow kicking over a lantern in a barn belonging to Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, although 'Chicago Republican' journalist Michael Ahern admitted sometime later that he had invented the story as he thought that it would make for colourful copy.

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© Chicago History Museum / Bridgeman Images
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19th century / stable / USA / North America / America (continent) / interior / legend / lantern / story / invented / kicked over / cows / conflagration / beginnings / north america / false / great chicago fire / Burn / untrue / cow / ignite / Slide / kick / kick over / cattle / America / myth / beginning / impression / 1870s / cartoon-like / cats / set on fire / origins / chicago / Illinois / USA / catherine o'leary / o'leary's / artist's rendition
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