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  Chicago Day Edition, 1893  
Chicago Day Edition, 1893 Columbian Carnival
In honor of Chicago Day, the anniversary of the fire, papers like the Inter Ocean put out special souvenir sections jammed with then-and-now stories singing of the wonders of the conflagration, the rebuilding, and the fair. Here the "I Will" Maiden seems almost to be surfing through the history that extends from the blackened ruins to the pristine White City.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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