Matthias Schaeffer

Matthias Schaeffer, who was on fire-watching duty at the courthouse tower when the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 started. Accompanies an article where Michael Ahern retracts the story of Catherine O'Leary's barn as the starting point of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Publication date: 1911-10-08

Size: 10.7 x 5.5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
• Watchmen--Illinois--Chicago--1870-1880
• Schaffer, Matthias

Genre(s):

• Portrait photographs

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 (October 8, 1911), Part 1/News, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)