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Letter from Maybeck explaining the details of Bennett's scholarship
A letter from Bernard Maybeck to Edward Bennett regarding the details of a scholarship Mrs. Hearst awarded Bennett.
Letter from Daniel Burnham urging Edward Bennett to return to Chicago
This letter was written by Daniel Burnham to Edward Bennett around the end of the planning for San Francisco. Burnham had just accepted the commission on the Plan of Chicago.
Letter from Charles Moore to Edward Bennett regarding the correction proofs of Chapters, I, IV, and VI for the Plan of Chicago
At the outset of the year in which the Plan is to be presented, Moore is in Detroit and writing to Bennett, who has been ill. Moore reports a letter from one of the committee members, Charles H. Thorne (Thornes were Montgomery Ward relations and…
Letter from Charles Moore to Edward Bennett regarding proofs of Chapters I-V for the Plan of Chicago
Moore details status of chapter revisions of Plan of Chicago. He also updates Bennett on events in a meeting with the Committee while making revisions.
Latona Fountain, Versailles
Fountain of Latone in the garden of Versailles, Paris.
Knights of Pythias Review (no. 3)
Part of series with photograph labeled "Knights of Pythias Review" on verso. This photograph is identified as a Grant Park celebration of 1917 by William Hudson Harper in Chicago: A History and Forecast: 1921, p. 166. The Chicago Tribune in 1917…
Knights of Pythias review (no. 2)
Part of series with photograph labeled "Knights of Pythias Review" on verso. This photograph is identified as a Grant Park celebration of 1917 by William Hudson Harper in Chicago: A History and Forecast: 1921, p. 166. The Chicago Tribune in 1917…
Knights of Pythias review (no. 1)
Marked on the verso in pencil as "Knights of Pythias Review" by the photographer planner Edward H. Bennett, this photograph is identified as a Grant Park celebration in 1917 by William Hudson Harper, Chicago: A History and Forecast, 1921, p. 166. The…
Jardin des Tuileries and Place de la Concorde (Paris, France)
Photo view of Paris's Tuileries gardens and Place de la Concorde, east of the Louvre, Paris, ca. 1890s. In the distance can be seen the 1889 Eiffel Tower.
This is a Swiss-process "Photochrom" image, colorized from black and white, for which the…
This is a Swiss-process "Photochrom" image, colorized from black and white, for which the…
Heavy wagon traffic on a riverside freight road, with through truss bridge
One of Bennett's river series of photos, 1913-1915, showing heavy wagon traffic below a through truss bridge.