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  The City of Chicago, 1898  
The City of Chicago, 1898
(Lithograph, Currier & Ives)
The New City
Currier & Ives's broader bird's-eye view. The landscape and lake traffic closely resemble the Harper's Weekly pre- and post-fire illustrations of 1871, but the settled area has expanded greatly along the lake and out into the prairie.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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