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Low Rise Office Building Proposal, Front Elevation
Burnham and Hammond American, active mid-20th century

Hubbard Woods Station, Winnetka, Illinois, East Elevation
Burnham and Hammond (American, 1934-1966) Daniel Burnham, Jr. (American, 1886-1961) C. Herrick Hammond (American, 1882-1969)

Winnetka Station, Winnetka, Illinois, West Elevation
Burnham and Hammond (American, 1934–1966) Daniel Burnham, Jr. (American, 1886–1961) Herrick Hammond (American, 1882–1969)

Low Rise Office Building Proposal, Side Elevation
Burnham and Hammond American, active mid-20th century

Low Rise Office Building Proposal, Perspective
Burnham and Hammond American, active mid-20th century

Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois, LaSalle Street Elevation
Burnham & Root American, 1873–1891

Rookery Building, 209 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois: Grille from Interior Central Court
Burnham & Root (American, 1873-1891) Architect and designer: John Wellborn Root (American, 1850-1891)

Double Blind
Jane Hammond American, born 1950

Carbon and Carbide Building, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective Sketch
Burnham Brothers (American, 1924-1929) Daniel Hudson Burnham, Jr. (American, 1886-1961) Hubert Burnham (American, 1882-1968)

Balcony Railing Section from the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois
Edbrooke and Burnham (American, 1879–1892) Franklin Pierce Burnham (American, 1853-1909) Willoughby J. Edbrooke (American, 1843-1896)

Northwest Tower, Chicago, Illinois, Perspective
Perkins, Chatten and Hammond American, 1925-1935

Lunette from the Commerce Building, Chicago, Illinois
Burnham & Root American, 1873-1891

Durango
Harmony Hammond American, born 1944

Plan of Chicago, Plate 63, Plan of a Proposed Park
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846–1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874–1954

Plan of Chicago, Plate 62, Plan of a Proposed Park
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846–1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874–1954

Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954

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.
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

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
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954

View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Jules Guerin, delineator, American, 1866-1946

Plate 131 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation Showing the Group of Buildings Constituting the Proposed Civic Center.
Daniel Hudson Burnham, American, 1846-1912 Edward Herbert Bennett, American, born England, 1874-1954 Fernand Janin, delineator, French, 1880-1912