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Finding aid available online http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/1986/497.htm
Title:
Chicago Plan Commission lantern slide collection [graphic].
Pub./made:
1910s-1930s.
Phys. desc:
3615 transparencies : lantern slide ; 9 x 10 cm. (3 1/4 x 4 in.) or smaller.
Summary:
Lantern slides used by the Chicago Plan Commission, which was formed in 1909 as an outcome of the Burnham Plan. Slides were used to illustrate lectures that were given to organizations and businesses to promote the Plan. Subjects include street, park, and lakefront improvements especially in the Grant Park and south lake shore areas of Chicago; new and remodeled public buildings, such as railroad stations and museums. Slides show photographs, aerial photographs, drawings, maps, and diagrams, and sometimes text.
Includes illustrations for plans for other cities that were considered by Chicago planners, including London, New York City, Washington, Paris (?), Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Des Moines, Detroit, Harrisburg (Pa), Houston, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Portland, St. Louis, Seattle, and Spokane.
Arranged:
Organization: original order.
Finding aid:
Container list available (1986-497).
Note:
Numbers on slides are not consecutive but presumably were used in creating different presentations. Some slides are unnumbered or have two numbers.
Some glass slides are cracked and should be handled with care.
Provenance:
Gift of Department of Planning, City of Chicago, 1986 (1986.0497).
Subject corp:
Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Planning
Chicago Plan Commission
Commercial Club of Chicago. Plan of Chicago.
Subject unif:
Chicago plan.
Subject:
Chicago plan.
Subj topic:
Waterfronts -- Illinois -- Chicago. lctgm
Streets -- Illinois -- Chicago. lctgm
Parks -- Illinois -- Chicago. lctgm
City planning -- Illinois -- Chicago. lctgm
City planning -- New York (State) -- New York. lctgm
City planning -- England -- London. lctgm
Roads -- Illinois -- Chicago. lctgm.
Railroad stations -- Illinois -- Chicago. lctgm
Subject geo:
Chicago (Ill.) -- Plan.
Chicago (Ill.) -- Pictorial works.
Michigan, Lake
Avondale Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill. : Park)
Grant Park (Chicago, Ill.)
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
Chicago River (Ill.)
South Water Street (Chicago, Ill.)
Michigan Avenue (Chicago, Ill.)
Outer Lake Shore Drive Chicago (Ill.)
Form/genre:
Lantern slides.
Diagrams.
Aerial photographs.
Maps.
Planning drawings.
Co-creator:
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
Co-creator:
Chicago (Ill.). Dept. of Planning
Chicago Plan Commission
Commercial Club of Chicago. Plan of Chicago.
Co-creator:
Chicago plan.
Copy/Holding information
Call No.
Collection
Status
1986.0497 PLS.a-b
PH-lantern slide
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