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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 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.
Looking south from 1/2 block north of Randolph Street
Edward H. Bennett labeled this photograph from 1913-1915 on the verso of the photographic print. The photograph is one of a series by planner Bennett in preparation for the design of Wacker Drive and redevelopment of the banks of the Chicago River…
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 Grant Park, and it shows the narrowness of Michigan Avenue prior to the development of the bridge and…
Michigan avenue & the river
This photograph shows, looking west, the south side of the Chicago River, then South Water Street, and a service quai for warehouses and lake boats. This is one of series of views taken in preparation for design of Wacker Drive and the Michigan…
Michigan Avenue parade, north of Jackson Street and the Art Institute of Chicago (partial double exposure)
This partially-double-exposed photo by Edward Bennett from the roof of the Railway Exchange Building shows the Pullman Building (two doors north), the Peoples Gas Company Building (across Adams Street north), and the Art Institute of Chicago (across…
Michigan Avenue, aerial view, looking south to future Grant Park site
This view by Edward Bennett leaning way out from the parapet of the Railway Exchange Building rooftop, shows Michigan Avenue looking south, and at the south end of the future Grant Park, at Twelfth Street (later Cermak Road), the Illinois Central…
Michigan Avenue, aerial view, near Congress Street and future Grant Park, with holiday crowd
The crowd on Michigan Avenue around Congress Street and in the future Grant Park is the focus of this view, taken on a bright afternoon, with shadows falling into the park from behind the buildings facing the future park.
This view dates from…
This view dates from…
North State Street trolley car crossing Chicago River Bridge
This is one of a series of study photographs taken by Edward H. Bennett in preparation for designing Wacker Drive and new river bridges north and west of the central business district.
The photo shows a man and a woman as pedestrians. The…
The photo shows a man and a woman as pedestrians. The…
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 were models for Grant Park planner Edward H. Bennett and associated French designers. They…
This fountain and its basin were models for Grant Park planner Edward H. Bennett and associated French designers. They…