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City gets look at rare books
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There was a time when the burgeoning burgh of Chicago didn't
have a free public library and books themselves were scarce. The
Great Chicago Fire of 1871 caused the second problem but, ironically,
also helped solve the first.
The exhibition "Remarkable Chapters: 115 Years of Collecting by
the Chicago Public Library" at the Chicago Public Library Cultural
Center provides a rare look at the precious goodies amassed by the
library since its official opening in an abandoned downtown wa...
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