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Michigan Avenue -- looking south from the river

Edward Bennett labeled the title of this photograph on the verso of the photographic print. This view from 1913-1915 looks toward the future site of…
PARC de VERSAILLES, Le Bassin de Latone

The basin and fountain of Latona are seen here from the west looking east toward the Orangerie, Palace of Versailles.
This fountain and its basin…
Daniel Burnham writing in 1909 Plan of Chicago studio

The prominence of this image on scrapbook pages in Bennett's papers, retained by him in 1953, along with Burnham seen writing in the setting in the…
Edward Bennett's watercolor sketch as a guide for frontispiece for 1909 Plan of Chicago

A bird's-eye view watercolor sketch of Chicago and environs by Edward H. Bennett. This is one of two such sketches found on a few pages of a…
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Edward H. Bennett Collection

A collection of materials relating to architect and planner Edward H. Bennett (1874-1954).
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Lake Forest College Public History Project

This exhibit is about food at Lake Forest College, and and its importance to where it is found on campus....