Artworks · Daniel Hudson Burnham

"Make No Little Plans...", Christmas Card

1918 · Ink on paper

22 × 15.4 cm (8 11/16 × 6 1/16 in.)

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Proposed Civic Center Square, Plan of Chicago

1909 · Ink on paper

89 × 163.7 cm (35 × 64 1/2 in.)

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Plate 129 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. The Business Center of the City, Within the First Circuit Boulevard, Showing the Proposed Grand East-and-West Axis and Its Relation to Grant Park and the Yacht Harbor; the Railway Terminals Schemes on the South and West Sides, and the Civic Center

1909 · Graphite, ink, and wash on paper

170.2 × 89.9 cm (67 × 35 1/2 in.)

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Plate 114 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Proposed Boulevard and Parkway on Michigan Avenue and Pine Street

1909 · Graphite, watercolor, and chalk on paper

72.7 × 154.3 cm (28 3/4 × 60 3/4 in.)

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Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit

1909 · Ink and wash on paper

103 × 127.8 cm (40 1/2 × 50 1/4 in.)

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Plate 75 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City, Showing Complete System of Inner Circuits

1909 · Colored ink on a printed map

75.4 × 89.4 cm (29 3/4 × 35 1/4 in.)

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Plate 74 from The Plan of Chicago,1909: Chicago. Diagram of the City Center, Showing the General Location of Existing Freight Yards and Railroad Lines, the Present Tunnel System and Proposed Circuit, and Connections for all these Services, Running to the Central Clearing Yards.

1909 · Ink, watercolor, and pastel on a printed map

101.9 × 106.7 cm (40 × 42 in.)

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Plate 80 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Diagram of City Center, Showing the Proposed Arrangement of Railroad Passenger Stations, the Complete Traction System, Including Rapid Transit, Subway, and Elevated Roads, and the Circuit Subway Line.

1909 · Colored ink and paint on a printed map

104.8 × 107 cm (41 1/4 × 42 in.)

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Civic Center, Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Site Plan

1909 · Ink and wash on paper

67.9 × 65.7 cm (26 3/4 × 25 7/8 in.)

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Plate 71 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Diagram of Docks Suggested at the Mouth of the Chicago River for Package Freight Steamers.

1909 · Graphite and colored pencil on paper

107.6 × 85.4 cm (42 1/2 × 33 3/4 in.)

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Plan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park

1909 · Ink and wash on paper

37.7 × 45.4 cm (14 3/4 × 18 in.)

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Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park

1909 · Ink and wash on paper

41.4 × 45.5 cm (16 1/4 × 18 in.)

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Plate 125 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation of Grant Park and Harbor; the Eastern Facade of the City on Michigan Avenue, and the Dome of the Administration Building of the Civic Center, Looking from Lake Michigan.

1909 · Ink, graphite, and watercolor on paper

40.6 × 321.3 cm (16 × 126 1/2 in.)

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Plate 50 B from Plan of Chicago 1909: Lake Shore from Chicago Avenue on the south to Wilmette on the North.

1909 · Ink, graphite, and colored pencil on paper

103 × 344.7 cm (40 1/2 × 136 in.)

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Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center.

1909 · Ink on paper

102.9 × 305.3 cm (40 1/2 × 120 1/4 in.)

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The Plan of Chicago Plate 106, Chicago, Illinois, Presentation Drawing

1909 · Ink and wash on paper

31.7 × 31.9 cm (12 1/2 × 12 9/16 in.)

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Plate 115 from The Plan of Chicago

1909 · Pen and black ink with brush and translucent and opaque watercolors over graphite on paper-faced laminate board

81 × 114 cm (32 × 45 in.)

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Plate 51 from The Plan of Chicago

1909 · Brush and transparent and opaque watercolors over graphite on paper-faced laminate board

98 × 117 cm (38 1/2 × 46 in.)

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Plate 126 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Section Looking North, Taken through Proposed Grand Axis of the City, Showing the Civic Center and Grant Park.

1909 · pen and black ink and graphite, with watercolor, on cream wove paper, laid down on canvas

29.9 × 276.9 cm (11 3/4 × 109 in.)

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Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Diagram Showing City Growth

1909 · Colored ink, paint, and wash on a printed map

87 × 67.8 cm (34 1/4 × 26 11/16 in.)

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Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, Railroad Circuits Diagram

1909 · Colored ink and paint on a printed map

77 × 62 cm (30 5/16 × 24 7/16 in.)

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Plate 78 (2 Drawings) from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Suggested Location and Arrangement of the Railway Passenger Stations West of the River. Subway Scheme: 1. Plan of Street Level. 2. Plan Below Street Level

1909 · Ink on tracing paper

36.2 × 121 cm (14 1/4 × 47 3/4 in.)

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Plate 79 (2 Drawings) from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Suggested Location and Arrangement of the Railway Passenger Stations West of the River. Overhead Scheme: 1. Plan at Street Level. 2. Plan Above Street Level

1909 · Ink on tracing paper

36 × 121 cm (14 × 47 3/4 in.)

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Plate 91 from The Plan of Chicago, Chicago, Proposed Diagonal Arteries

1909 · Black and colored ink, graphite, and colored pencil on a printed map

107.3 × 72.7 cm (42 1/4 × 28 5/8 in.)

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Plate 35 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago, and Diagram of Lake Michigan. Proposed Roadway to connect all the towns along the shores of the Lake.

1909 · Graphite and colored pencil on paper

158 × 102.4 cm (62 × 40 1/4 in.)

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Plate 72 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Diagram of Docks Suggested at the Mouth of the Calumet River for Bulk Freight Steamers; Access To Be Had Without Opening of Bridges.

1909 · Graphite and colored pencil on paper

88 × 104.8 cm (34 3/4 × 41 1/4 in.)

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Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago

1909 · Ink and watercolor on paper

131.2 × 102.4 cm (51 3/4 × 40 1/4 in.)

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View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago

1908 · Graphite and watercolor on paper

75.4 × 105.5 cm (29 3/4 × 41 1/2 in.)

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Plate 49 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the City from Jackson Park to Grant Park, Looking Towards the West. The proposed shore treatment as a park enclosing a waterway (or a series of lagoons) is shown, together with the enlarged yacht harbor, recreation piers, and a scheme for Grant Park.

1907 · Watercolor with graphite on cream wove paper, discolored to tan, laid down on canvas

103.5 × 480 cm (40 3/4 × 189 in.)

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Plate 119 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Plan of the Intersection of Michigan Avenue and Twelfth Street

1907 · Graphite on paper

73.6 × 83.8 cm (29 × 33 in.)

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Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan

1907 · Gouache and graphite on toned paper

83.3 × 122 cm (32 3/4 × 48 in.)

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Plate 122 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Railway Station Scheme West of the River Between Canal and Clinton Streets, Showing the Relation With the Civic Center.

1905 · Graphite and watercolor on paper

88.7 × 200 cm (35 × 78 3/4 in.)

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Plate 50 A from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Park on the South Shore Looking Northwest Towards the City.

1896 · Pastel on paper

93.6 × 129.5 cm (37 × 51 in.)

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Point West of Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

1896 · Watercolor over graphite

17.6 × 25.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

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Sketch Taken at Algiers, North Africa, Travel Sketch

1896 · Watercolor over graphite

17.6 × 25.1 cm (6 15/16 × 9 7/8 in.)

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Bay of Tunis Through Porthole of Steamship Fürst Bismark, Tunisia, North Africa, Travel Sketch

1896 · Watercolor over graphite

12.5 × 17.5 cm (4 7/8 × 6 15/16 in.)

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South Shore Park, Chicago, Illinois, Design Sketch

1891 · Watercolor on paper

16.5 × 25 cm (6 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)

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Daniel H. Burnham Collection

Printed papers, correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, maps, black and white photographic prints, and architectural reprographic prints, ephemera, realia, and an oil painting.

41 linear feet (88 boxes), 9 portfolios, 18 oversize portfolios, 1 tube and flatfile materials.: W.: 1249.7 cm (492 in.)

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