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  Halt! Who Goes There?  
"Halt! Who Goes There?" The Waud Drawings
A soldier, his overcoat ruffled by the hot wind, questions two citizens trying to make their way across the city. This armed presence enforced the widely expressed comparison of fire-devastated Chicago to the scene of a terrible battle.


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The Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory
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