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1820 Bird's-Eye Views of the Developing City
A panoramic time-tour of nineteenth-century Chicago from 1820 to the eve of destruction.

Alexander Hesler Climbs the Courthouse
Alexander Hesler's eleven photographs of Chicago in 1858. (With the Shockwave plug-in, a 360-degree view of the city is available.)

The Courthouse Pre-Fire Landmarks
A half-dozen structures of note--public and private, sacred and secular, large and small.

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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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