The Rev. Arnold Damen

Reverend Arnold Damen, who pledged to keep a candle burning in the Holy Family Catholic Church in front of Our Lady of Perpetual Help if the church was spared from the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. 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: 12.1 x 11 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Great Fire, Chicago, Ill., 1871
• Holy Family Catholic Church (Chicago, Ill.)
• Damen, Arnold, 1815-1890

Genre(s):

• Portrait paintings

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)