COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee
Author:
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
Author:
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Author:
Moore, Charles
Date:
1906
Short Title:
XXIX. Plan for the development of the entire city of San Francisco ...
Publisher:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee
Publisher Location:
Chicago
Type:
Atlas Map
Type:
View
Obj Height cm:
20
Obj Width cm:
16
Note:
Map and bird's-eye view of San Francisco within second chapter to Plan of Chicago. Map and view show roads, parks, coastlines, bay and vicinity. Maps includes a bar scale, with north oriented toward top of map. With descriptive text for view: This view shows municipal center, boulevard system, and treatment of surrounding hills as parks. Black and white engravings. Together, map and view are 20 x 16 cm, on sheet 24 x 31 cm. (Page number inferred.) Chapter spans pages 9-30.
City:
San Francisco (Calif.)
Subject:
Land Development
Subject:
Roads
Subject:
Historical
Full Title:
XXIX. Plan for the development of the entire city of San Francisco / Report of D. H. Burnham to the Association of Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco, 1904-1906 -- XXX. Bird's-eye view of the plan of development for San Francisco.
List No:
14346.029
Page No:
26
Series No:
29
Engraver or Printer:
R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company
Engraver or Printer:
Lakeside Press (Chicago, Ill.)
Publication Author:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee
Publication Author:
Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912
Publication Author:
Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954
Publication Author:
Moore, Charles
Pub Date:
1909
Pub Title:
Plan of Chicago prepared under the direction of The Commercial Club during the years MCMVI, MCMVII and MCMVIII by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett, architects, edited by Charles Moore, corresponding member American Institute of Architects. Chicago : The Commercial Club, MCMIX.
Pub Note:
Plan of Chicago, by Daniel H. Burnham and Edward H. Bennett; published in Chicago by the Commercial Club of Chicago, 1909. Bound in board covered with dark blue cloth. Gilded title and Commercial Club of Chicago logo on front cover, as well as gilded title on spine. Top edge gilded. Collation: [1], xviii, 164, [1] pages, with [34] leaves of plates throughout, including 13 double and 3 fold-out. Includes table of contents, list of illustrations, list of subscribers, eight chapters describing proposed developments in Chicago, as well as a section on the legal aspects of the Plan and an index. Volume comprised of CXLI [141] plates - some appearing within the text - which consist of maps and views showing plans for the development of Chicago, including images of other cities for comparison, such as San Francisco, London, Paris, Berlin and Manila. Maps and views feature political boundaries, railways, roads, bridges, buildings, parks, drainage, shorelines, islands and harbors. Volume integrates a wide variety of imagery in order to illustrate a multi-dimensional perspective on Chicago, employing maps, wood-cuts, etchings, paintings, drawings and photographs. Widely admired as a masterpiece of city planning. The Encyclopedia of Chicago praises, ”The visionary Plan of Chicago creates pictures of a city beautiful, calls upon civic character to realize the goal, and characterizes Chicagoans as a people who can and will act in the best public interest to realize the vision. Such a combination of idealism and imagination distinguishes this work of Burnham and Bennett.” Colophon: Engraved and printed for the Commercial Club of Chicago, in the year nineteen hundred and nine, by R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company, at the Lakeside Press, Chicago. Provenance indicated by purple rubber stamp on front endpaper: C. B. & Q. R. R. Co. Received May 12 1936, Office of President. President refers to Ralph Budd, President of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad from 1932 to 1949, was an innovative business leader best known for the Burlington Zephyr streamliners, which set records for speed.
Pub List No:
14346.000
Pub Type:
City Atlas
Pub Maps:
142
Pub Height cm:
32
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
14346029.jp2
Authors:
Commercial Club of Chicago. Civic Committee; Burnham, Daniel Hudson, 1846-1912; Bennett, Edward H. (Edward Herbert), 1874-1954; Moore, Charles
