Burning of the Crosby Opera House

This is a drawing of the burning of the Crosby Opera house in the great fire of 1871 in Chicago.

Publication date: 1937-09-05

Size: 7 x 10 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Temporal: 1871-10-08

Subject(s):

• Crosby's Opera House--Disasters--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• Fires--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871

Genre(s):

• Engravings
• Reproductions

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 5, 1937), Graphic Section, p. 2

Format(s):

• image/jpeg
• application/pdf