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Great Chicago Fire Chicago
The Great Chicago Fire and the deadly Peshtigo firestorm started on the same day
Great Chicago Fire
Examine how the Rookery building symbolized the rise of the modern city from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Learn how book donors from London enabled the building of the Chicago Public Library after the Great Chicago Fire
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Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Chicago in flames. Scene at Randolph Street Bridge. People fleeing burning city. The 1871 Great Chicago Fire. By Currier & Ives, between 1872 and 1874.
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The Great Chicago Fire and the deadly Peshtigo firestorm started on the same day
Learn more about the Great Chicago Fire and the Peshtigo fire of 1871,
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Examine how the Rookery building symbolized the rise of the modern city from the ashes of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871
Learn about the Chicago fire of 1871 and the rebuilding of the city, including construction...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Learn how book donors from London enabled the building of the Chicago Public Library after the Great Chicago Fire
Learn from Chicago Public Library archivist Morag Walsh about how British book donors...
Video: © Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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Great Chicago Fire
Chicago in Flames, lithograph by Currier & Ives.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (digital id: cph 3g03936)
Chicago
An illustration of Chicago shortly before the fire of 1871.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (pm001493)
Great Chicago Fire
Infographic showing notable details of the Great Chicago Fire.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Kenny Chmielewski
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