A color photo that made newspaper history

A reprint of the first color photograph ever to be printed simultaneously with the event. Depicts the fire that destroyed five grain elevator buildings on 102nd street and Calumet river in Chicago, the estimated loss was $4,000,000.

Publication date: 1939-06-25

Size: 32.5 x 49 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: color

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Fires--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Grain elevators--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Granaries--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• 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 (June 25, 1939), Picture Section, p. 1

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)