Jardin des Tuileries and Place de la Concorde (Paris, France)
Jardin des Tuileries (Paris, France)
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 Detroit Publishing Co., as marked lower right in the image, had obtained exclusive rights in this country.
The image is one of about eight hundred large-format study photographs apparently acquired in Europe/Paris and then brought back to Chicago, where they were mounted on linen and loosely bound by string in hard boards. Sizes vary.
This print shows the character of the balusters, lighting, etc. at the east end of the Tuileries gardens at the Place de la Concorde. This suggest the future character of one of the first parts of Grant Park to be completed, in late 1910s, north of Monroe Street and to Randolph, and east of Michigan Ave. to the tracks. This was replaced in the early 2000s by Millennium Park, but Bennett's photographs elsewhere here of the new space 1918 - 1920 show the resemblance.
Detroit Publishing Co.
1890? - 1899?
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Jardin des Tuileries and Place de la Concorde (Paris, France)
Daniel Burnham writing in 1909 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago</span> studio
Burnham, Daniel H. (Daniel Hudson), 1886-1961
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 1800 Railway Exchange Building studio, suggested that this was an image of Burnham working on the <span style="text-decoration: none;">1909 </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Plan of Chicago</span></span>draft text. The image when magnified does show the pattern of the writing on the page he had just completed: a page number at the top, five lines down a word crossed out with a new one above, and in the next line something darker at the left side. But this may well have been subsequently changed further, so that trying to match it up with the pages of Burnham's Plan text or of speeches on the Plan that he drafted probably can't ascertain this page's relationship to any surviving document. That his work was Plan related seems reasonable, since he is working in the studio dedicated to that purpose. But further specificity depends on assumptions about Bennett's sense of history, etc. in taking this candid photo.
<div><br />The stove pipe and work table shows contrast with the level of finish seen elsewhere in photos of Bennett's own office a few floors below in the Railway Exchange Building, Michigan Avenue. </div>
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1907? - 1908?
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before 1909
San Francisco office of Daniel Burnham's architectural firm, Twin Peaks
Polk, Willis, 1867-1924
San Francisco (Calif.)
<p>This 1904-06 photo shows the cabin designed by Burnham firm associate architect Willis Polk (1867-1924), on a high vantage point overlooking San Francisco. The person shown here on the deck appears to be Polk. For more information on Polk's career, which included several buildings in San Francisco for the Burnham firm to 1910, see the online <a title="Encyclopedia of San Francisco" href="http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Encyclopedia of San Francisco</span></span></a> (http://www.sfhistoryencyclopedia.com).</p>
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1905
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Twin Peaks, San Francisco, 1905
Daniel Burnham at San Francisco Bungalow
Burnham, Daniel H. (Daniel Hudson), 1886-1961
This 1905 photo by Edward Bennett, found in his personal scrapbook and consistent in size and character with other of his views, was published in Moore's 1921 biography, I., facing p.230. It shows Bennett's employer, architect Daniel H. Burnham, standing next to the San Francisco Plan studio bungalow built by Willis Polk for the firm on top of Twin Peaks, with the city stretched out below, behind Burnham here.
The site's separation from the city below also prevented interruptions.
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1905
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1905
Partial bird's-eye view of San Francisco from Twin Peaks.
Edward Bennett's second watercolor sketch for frontispiece for 1909 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago <br /></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of the Commercial club during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908</span>
Bird's-eye views--1900-1910
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 scrapbook, retained by Bennett in 1953 when he donated much of his material to the Art Institute. Also located nearby in this removed section of a scrapbook is the image of Burnham writing at the work table in the Plan studio (perhaps but otherwise unprovable that DHB was caught in the act of drafting the text of the Plan). The organizing principle of these retained images seems to be personal mementoes of creating the Plan.
Thus, it appears to be one of two sketches perhaps shown to project artist Jules Guerin as guidance to him for his rendering of a bird's-eye view of Chicago's reach up the lake, etc. to appear as the frontispiece (opposite the title-page) for the 1909 Plan.
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1907? - 1909?
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Lake Michigan, southwest end
Chicago region
Edward Bennett's watercolor sketch as a guide for frontispiece for 1909 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago <br style="text-decoration: underline;" /></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of the Commercial club during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908</span></span>
Bird's-eye views--1900-1910
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 scrapbook, retained by Bennett in 1953 when he donated much of his material to the Art Institute of Chicago. Also located nearby in this removed section of a scrapbook is the image of Burnham writing at the work table in the 1909 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago </span>studio (perhaps but otherwise unprovable that DHB was caught in the act of drafting the text of the Plan). The organizing principle of these retained images seems to be personal mementoes of creating the Plan. Thus, it appears to be one of two sketches perhaps shown to project artist Jules Guerin as guidance to him for his rendering of a bird's-eye view of Chicago's reach up the lake, the published Plan's frontispiece.
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1907? - 1909?
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1907? - 1909?
William Peirce Anderson
Anderson, William Peirce, 1870-1924
cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
This image is a carte de visite (visiting card) sized small albumen print photograph, taken in Paris while future Chicago architect Peirce Anderson was studying there, in the 1890s. William Peirce Anderson, 1870-1924, was known as Peirce or as Andy to his colleague peers. <br /><br />After his Harvard bachelor's degree, he completed two years of engineering coursework. At this time, he was encouraged by Daniel Burnham to continue his studies at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Anderson began in 1894 at the Atélier Paulin, soon passed the series of entrance exams to the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and in two years, ca. 1897-99, won four prizes in the great art and architecture school. Anderson completed his degree in 1899, having become aquainted with many peers, including fellow diplôme receiver Edward H. Bennett and also French-born Ferdinand Janin. Both also worked with Anderson on the 1909 <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago</span>. <br /><br />Anderson's work in Burnham's firm included city planning in Washington, D.C. from 1901 to 1910 (train station, etc.), when Bennett took the planning practice out of the Burnham firm. Yet Sally Chappell cites Graham (...Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, 1912-1936, U. of Chicago Press, 1992, p. 275) giving Anderson credit for later also selecting the sites for Plan related buildings such as the Wrigley Building (1919-24) and the Chicago Union Station (1913-25), along the Chicago River. Bennett's 1913-15 photo of the future site of Union Station appears to reflect collaboration here between the two, even if informal. <br /><br />As Bennett's photos indicate, he knew Anderson well, as a student and then as a colleague after the older Ecole graduate led Burnham to engage this Englishman from the West. Chappell reports that "Anderson looked back on his years in Europe with his studies and his close friends as a golden period" (p. 274).
Photographer is Chamberlin, a Paris photographer or photographic studio.
"Wm. P. Anderson" in unknown signature on front of photograph
Chamberlin
1894? - 1899?
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Sketch of an apartment in New York (not built)
Daniel H. Burnham informal sketches for an Fifth Avenue apartment (presumably not built), New York. A large residence in the style of a Parisian "hotel" or aristocratic residence.
This leaf of letterhead stationery with pencil sketches of plans and elevations on two sides is labeled by/attributed by Bennett as being in Burnham's hand, from 1907. The job list in Charles Moore's 1921 biography of Burnham does not have any projects in New York around this time, on Fifth Avenue, etc., suggesting that this is an unrecorded Burnham design. Further research or information is required before other conclusions can be drawn.
Burnham, Daniel H. (Daniel Hudson), 1886-1961
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1907
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Letter from Charles Moore to Edward Bennett regarding proofs of Chapters I-V for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago</span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of the Commercial club during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908</span>
Moore details status of chapter revisions of <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago</span>. He also updates Bennett on events in a meeting with the Committee while making revisions.
Moore, Charles, 1855-1942
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1909-02-14
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Letter from Charles Moore to Edward Bennett regarding the correction proofs of Chapters, I, IV, and VI for the <span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Plan of Chicago</span></span>
<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of the Commercial club during the years 1906, 1907, and 1908</span>
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 partners; later Ward would oppose Burnham's proposed buildings in Grant Park, on the lake front); the letter's wehereabouts is not known. Though dismayed, Moore says that for Burnham's sake he will take a diplomatic tone in his reply. But if the Plan is the work of a committee it will be a disaster.
Of course, Bennett later had to recast the entire concept of Grant Park after Ward brought suit to prevent the construction of the three great museums in the park. So this letter from Moore at the outset of the momentous year 1909 appears to give an inkling of the task before Bennett in the 1910s: to recast the idea of Grant Park as a classic garden space to be seen from the wall of buildings on the east side of Michigan Avenue.
Since the letter contained frank opinions shared among colleagues and made an unflattering reference to a member of a prominent Chicago (and Lake Forest) family, etc., very likely Bennett in 1953 when he transferred material to the AIC library and archives would have found this item still too sensitive to release just a little over four decades after the Plan's publication.
Moore, Charles, 1855-1942
Marcia O. and Edward H. Bennett III Collection
1909-01-04
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