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Jens Jensen drawings and papers, 1903-1951 (majority within 1910-1934)
Using These Materials
- Restrictions:
- The collection is open for research.
Summary
- Creator:
- Jensen, Jens, 1860-1951
- Abstract:
- One of America's most visionary prairie school landscape architects, Jensen's design work incorporated horizontal lines in landforms and stonework, the natural branching habits of plants, and the restoration and conservation of native plant materials. The collection is comprised mainly of landscape architectural drawings for more than four hundred and sixty projects, along with a small amount of manuscript material and photographs.
- Extent:
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93 folders (in 15 flat drawers)
2 linear feet (in 3 boxes) - Language:
- English.
- Call Number:
- 97105 Aa 2
- Authors:
- Finding aid prepared by: Kathy L. Steiner, 1997 Lance Stuchell, 2008
Background
- Scope and Content:
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Jensen's landscape work encompassed a broad range of projects -- residential, subdivisions, parks and preserves, schools and educational facilities, hospitals, office complexes and government centers, all of which are represented in the collection. Jensen's view of landscape architecture as a social force for integrating art, home, and commerce is a significant and unique characteristic of his work. While the native landscape itself, both as he experienced it in Denmark and in America, was his primary inspiration, Jensen was also influenced by the social and economic reform movements of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His theories related to urban planning, his recognition of the restorative value of nature and wilderness, his genuine concern for the environment, and his love of people are reflected in the material and will interest researchers from a range of disciplines and subject areas -- although the documentation is almost wholly visual.
When looked upon as a whole, the collection richly illustrates Jensen's consistent philosophy of design. While each project had its own character reflecting the nature of the site and client requirements, certain recurring design features in the drawings are evidence of Jensen's particular style. His plans almost always show plants in masses -- creating unity through repetition of similar species, textures, and forms and suggesting groupings found in native habitats. The hawthorn, with its low, horizontal branching habit, a symbol of the prairie for Jensen, is found often in his designs, along with other small native trees, sometimes scattered individually, but more often in repetition to reinforce prairie views and provide a transition to larger trees along woodland borders. Also evident is the adept handling of open spaces found at the core of most of his designs -- great meadows, linear "long views," prairie views and prairie vistas, sun openings, garden rooms, clearings. Smaller clearings and sun openings emphasize the importance Jensen placed on light and shadow as integral to the art of landscaping; a series of broad curving drives, footpaths, and trails invite movement and ensure that visitors experience sequences of sun and shade, sometimes leading "to the setting sun" or "to the rising sun." Water is another distinctive feature -- quiet pools, prairie rivers, lagoons, ponds, streams enhanced with rock work skillfully executed to suggest ravines and bluffs. The drawings also provide many examples of Jensen's council rings tucked into edges of woodland borders, surrounded by trees or placed to view a meadow or lake; player's greens created for outdoor drama; and small areas set aside and screened with walls, trellises, or shrubbery for vegetable and "picking" gardens.
- Biographical / Historical:
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One of America's most important and visionary landscape architects, Jens Jensen (1860-1951) held a deep-seated reverence for the beauty of the natural world, believing that time spent with nature is a necessity for the human soul. His "natural parks and gardens" were designed to offer opportunities for spiritual renewal, connections with the rhythms of nature, and an awareness of the unity of all things. He hoped, and it was part of his intent, that such experiences would both enrich people's lives and encourage them to appreciate and value remaining wild areas that were fast disappearing. Passionately integrating his work as artist, conservationist, ecologist, philosopher, and teacher, Jensen acquired an intimate knowledge of the Midwestern landscape in all its seasons.
Born into a prosperous Danish family, Jensen chose to emigrate to the United States with his fiancee at age twenty-four rather than remain on the family's ancestral farm, working for short periods in Florida and Iowa before settling in Chicago. Initially hired as a street cleaner with the park service, he quickly worked his way up in the system. On weekends during these years, the family traveled by rail to the prairie countryside surrounding the city, and Jensen undertook what was to become a lifelong intense study of the plants and landscape of the region -- a study that would richly inform his art. In 1888, early in his career, Jensen planted an "American garden" in a corner of Union Park, utilizing familiar perennial wildflowers set against a background of native trees and shrubs. By 1895 he was named superintendent of Union Park, and by 1896 his responsibilities included Humboldt Park, one of the largest on the west side of the city. While the work Jensen loved the best and considered "the meaning of his life" were parks created for the general public, he refused to participate in the political graft that was rampant in Chicago municipal politics during the decade of the nineties and was dismissed in 1900.
Jensen was active in progressive social and environmental reform movements that evolved in the city in the 1890s, such as Hull-House, the Committee on the Universe, and the Geographic Society of Chicago, where he developed friendships and made contacts that contributed to the development of a private practice after he lost his job. Working mainly on estates of the wealthy elite along Chicago's North Shore, he experimented with a variety of design ideas in the next few years, gradually solidifying many of the theories and methods that would become part of his unique and distinctive regional style (characterized by Wilhelm Miller in 1915 as the "prairie style" of landscape design, with its emphasis on conservation and restoration of native flora; the repetition of horizontal lines in land forms and stonework; and the natural branching habits of plants). As his design practice grew, Jensen established friendships with Chicago architects who were creating buildings in a prairie style -- organically influenced designs reflecting the broad, horizontal lines of the American Midwest. Notable for its representation of a mature approach is his design for the Harry Rubens estate in Glencoe, Illinois in 1902 (George W. Maher, architect), with its quiet and harmonious use of massed native plants; waterways, pools and cascades edged with stratified stonework reminiscent of Midwestern rivers and streams; broad open meadows and shady retreats; and meandering pathways. Trees with brilliant fall color were placed to catch the afterglow of the setting sun, and hawthorns and crabapples sited to add color to the forest border. Other important projects Jensen undertook with prairie school architects are the Henry Babson place in Riverside, Illinois, with Louis Sullivan; the I.B. Grommes place in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with Richard Schmidt; Manitowoc High School in Wisconsin with Dwight Perkins; and the A.C. Magnus Place in Winnetka, Illinois with Robert Spencer. Jensen collaboration with Frank Lloyd Wright includes the Avery Coonley House in Riverside, Illinois, the Avery Coonley School and Kindergarten in Downers Grove, Illinois, the Sherman M. Booth place in Glencoe, Illinois, and the Abby Beecher Roberts place in Marquette, Michigan
When Bernard A. Eckhart, a respected civic-minded businessman, was appointed chairman of the West Park Commission in 1905 as part of a reform movement, Jensen was rehired as superintendent and landscape architect. With a mandate from Eckhart and funding from the state legislature, he spent the next several years rehabilitating and improving seriously deteriorating West Parks. He drained an inefficient pond in Douglas Park and created a picturesque meadow, surrounding it with woodlands and adding a new boat landing, a music court and pavilions. In Garfield Park he constructed a dramatic conservatory reminiscent of Midwestern haystacks, filling it with representative prehistoric prairie plantings, incorporating water as a complete system -- spring, cascade, brook, and lake. At Humboldt Park he developed "prairie river gardens" resembling slow moving streams on the prairie. The tranquil water course was made up of several branches with cascades of stratified rock simulating bluffs and ravines, and riverbanks planted generously with native wetland plants. During this period, he also prepared designs for small playgrounds and recreation areas that were to be scattered throughout the West Chicago area.
In 1916, Jensen designed Columbus Park, considered among his masterpieces, and the one which he regarded as most successful of his park designs. It was a project he relished and undertook from the heart -- in response, he once said, to the enchantment of the message of the prairies. The center was kept open to suggest the broad expanse of a prairie, horizontally branched hawthorns utilized to echo prairie views, and a linear lagoon edged and filled with masses of rushes, cat-tails, hibiscus, and water lilies. The rustic swimming pools, with their rock walls of natural horizontal limestone ledges planted with rock plants in the crevices, were designed to allow city children to experience native swimming holes. Instead of traditional playground equipment, areas were designed for creative and imaginative play in "wild" natural settings. For outdoor drama and pageants, Jensen set a "player's hill" on the rise between two brooks. Two of Jensen's trademark "council rings" were also part of the design. These low, circular, stone seats set around a fire pit, planned to be used for storytelling, conversation, music, or dance, were the only architectural element regularly incorporated into a Jensen design. Resembling Native American council fires and kivas of the Pueblos, the rings were also reminiscent of the camp fires of pioneers crossing the prairie, and were viewed by Jensen as a symbol of democracy, encouraging companionship with others and with nature.
Between and during appointments with the park system, Jensen was a leading spokesperson for park reform and park planning. In his Special Park Commission work from 1899 to 1904 he helped survey potential parklands and natural areas for preservation, laying the groundwork for many park improvements and contributing to the establishment of the Cook County Forest Preserve District in 1913. In 1911, as chairman of the Chicago City Club's Committee on City Planning, he published an article entitled "Regulating City Building," in which he addressed planning issues, proposing collaboration among engineers, architects, businessmen, sculptors, and landscape architects to guide development and growth. Questioning an excessive commercial emphasis, Jensen proposed that the city emphasize its homelike qualities -- the American home as "centering the force of city planning." Jensen's Committee report, A Greater West Park System, although never implemented, illustrates theories he evolved on the role of open spaces in a city and the role of parks in urban design. Components include an integrated network of open spaces and "pleasure drives" connecting parklands, a canal connecting the Chicago and Des Plaines rivers for boating, several new parks, neighborhood kitchen gardens, neighborhood cultural centers on school sites, an agricultural college, an art school, and in-depth analysis of then available lands to fit into an overall system. The heart of the plan was his image of neighborhood cultural centers. Jensen believed schools "lacked soul," spaces and places designed to encourage creativity, and were underutilized for supporting lifelong learning. His design for the Lloyd School Center, for example, illustrates the way homes, businesses, commercial areas, and open spaces might be integrated into an urban setting, incorporating areas for senior citizens, gardens, swimming, playing fields and outdoor theater.
Jensen retired from the park system soon after his West Park study was published in 1920, devoting more time to his design office and conservation. In 1909 he had changed his position with West Parks to Consulting Landscape Architect and in the intervening years his estate work grew dramatically. In 1910 he designed an estate for Sears and Roebuck founder Julius Rosenwald on the ravines of Highland Park overlooking Lake Michigan, developing a lasting relationship with the Rosenwald's that would spill over into support for conservation projects. In 1914, he began to work with Henry and Clara Ford on their Fair Lane estate in Dearborn, Michigan. While his relationship with the Ford's began amiably, it became marked with difficulties, ending when Mrs. Ford elected to make changes Jensen felt seriously interfered with the integrity of his design -- particularly the placing of a rose garden in the middle of one of his meadow spaces. The dam and rock work along the Rouge River at Fair Lane, however, remains today the best example of Jensen's masterly use of stratified limestone. Jensen continued to create projects for the Ford family and Ford Motor Company for about twenty years, designing the grounds of Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan, the sites of numerous Ford office buildings, portions of Greenfield Village, and four homes for Eleanor and Edsel Ford. Other notable private work includes the E.L. Ryerson Estate, Lake Forest, Illinois; the Frank W. Aldrich Place, Bloomington, Illinois; the Harley Clark Place, Evanston, Illinois; the Harold Florsheim Place, Highland Park, Illinois; the Wallace W. Gill Place, Glencoe, Illinois, and the Herbert Kurth Place, Mequon, Wisconsin.
In this same period, Jensen undertook public design work beyond the Chicago parks. Significant projects include St. Ann's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; the "ideal section" of the Lincoln Highway, Lake County, Indiana (a prototype for roadway plantings reflecting a prairie setting); a park system for Racine, Wisconsin; the Shakespeare Garden at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois; and the Lincoln Memorial Garden in Springfield, Illinois. Jensen was involved with the development of the Lincoln Garden from 1939 until his last illness a year before he died, integrating many of his trademark features with heightened attention to organic change, natural processes and succession in native ecosystems. It is one of few remaining designs that is still used the way he envisioned it, and is said to best represent his mature thinking and approach to landscape architecture.
Jensen's long and active participation in numerous Chicago organizations had expanded over the years to include the City Club, the Cliff Dwellers, Municipal Science Club, Municipal Art League, Chicago Playground Association, Chicago Art Institute, and the Chicago Architects Club. These associations provided him not only intellectual stimulation, friendships, and a network for potential clients, but also an opportunity to acquaint himself with others who shared his strong interest in conservation. The two groups he formed, the Prairie Club and Friends of Our Native Landscape, were networks of botanists, writers, politicians, artists, social workers, philanthropists, and others with whom he devoted a great deal of time championing environmental causes. Both organizations, for example, spent years fighting for protection of the Indiana Dunes, finally achieved in 1926 when Indiana set aside 2,250 acres as Indiana Dunes State Park. The Friends, with its emphasis on Illinois state acquisition of wild and scenic areas (rather than the traditional historic), played an important role in establishing the present system of state parks in Illinois and significantly influenced public policy in Michigan and Wisconsin.
In 1935, after the death of his wife, Jensen left Chicago to devote more time to writing and speaking on conservation causes and to live in closer contact with nature, building a school and home on a remote northern tip of Wisconsin Door Country. Jensen based the curriculum of the school he called The Clearing on his experiences in Danish folk schools and agricultural schools, which he had attended as a young man in Denmark. Both stressed a relationship to a region and to the soil itself, providing Jensen with an intuitive philosophical base that rooted his conservation and ecological interests and his landscaping career. Jensen's students were encouraged to learn by doing, integrating an intellectual life with the development of practical skills, social responsibility and environmental stewardship. Jensen spent the last years of his life building the school, teaching, writing, welcoming visitors, traveling and lecturing -- a tireless crusader for preservation efforts, constantly stressing the necessity of setting aside large tracts of wilderness for future generations. With his students, he continued to explore the landscape itself -- its dunes, bogs, swamps, cliffs, rocks, forests, fields, rivers, streams, pools, prairies, ledges, and lakes -- sharing his fervent belief that nature stirs and quiets the soul, providing sustenance for the imagination and inner harmony.
- Acquisition Information:
- The collection was transferred from the Art and Architecture Library, University of Michigan, in the summer of 1996 (Donor No. 8439 ).
- Arrangement:
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The Jens Jensen Drawings and Papers are organized into four series: Architectural Drawings; Manuscripts; Photographs; and Additional Drawing Description. The ca. two thousand drawings are arranged alphabetically by client or project and stored in oversize flat file drawers. The drawings represent Jensen's work from ca. 1903 until his retirement in 1934.
The remaining three series together total approximately two linear feet of material. The first is a relatively small accumulation of manuscript material, including correspondence, lectures, and writings. Researchers should note that most of this material was collected by Leonard Eaton in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The collection also includes photographs commissioned by Eaton of Jensen designed parks and estates and a set of glass plate negatives of plantlife created by Jensen.
Project Code Location Date Adamson ADA Highland Park, IL Adler, David Jr. ADL Libertyville, IL 1918 Albright, F.H. ALB Benton Harbor, MI 1908 Alexander, Kenneth D. ALE Spring Station, KY 1911-1915 Allendale Farm ALG Lake Villa, IL 1914 Allison, James A. ALL Indianapolis, IN 1911 Alschuler, Alfred S. ALS Winnetka, IL 1920 Alton Hall Farm ALT Guelph, Ontario American Cocoanut Butter Co. AME Chicago, IL 1918 Ames, W.V.B. AMG Libertyville, IL 1916-1917 Armstrong, F.H. ARO Evanston, IL 1912 Asher, L.E. ASH Chicago, IL 1917 Ashland, Wisconsin. Schools. ASL Ashland, WI 1903-1904 Aurora, Illinois. Juvenile Home. AUR Aurora, IL 1924 Aurora, Illinois. Sewage Plant. AUR Aurora, IL 1928 Austin, H.W. AUS Oak Park, IL 1912 Austin High School AUN Chicago, IL 1908 Avery Coonley School and Kindergarten AVE Downers Grove, IL 1929 Babcock, O.E. BAC Lake Forest, IL 1910-1911 Babson, F.K. BAF Riverside, IL 1909 Babson, Gustavus BAG Oak Park, IL 1911 Babson, Henry B. BAH Riverside, IL 1909-1917 Baker, E.E. BAK Kewanee, IL 1917 Balhatchet, William BAL Evanston, IL 1910 Bangs BAM Geneva, IL 1927 Banks, Mary L. BAN Delafield, WI 1914 Barber, O.C. BAR Akron, OH 1922, 1926 Barber, O.C. and Brown, L.D. BAR Akron, OH 1922, 1926 Barker, Mrs. BAT Michigan City, IN 1909 Barnett, O.R. BAV Glencoe, IL 1912 Barr BAX no location given Beiger, Mrs. Martin BEI Mishawauka, IN 1914 Bensinger, B.E. BEN Glencoe, IL 1910 Benton Harbor, MI. Parks. BEP Benton Harbor, MI 1917-1920 Berryman, J.B. BER Downers Grove, IL 1913 Bethany Bible School BET Chicago, IL 1915 Bishop, D.H. BIS Dowagiac, MI 1909-1910 Blum, H.H. BLU Chicago, IL 1921 Blumenthal, Oscar BLW Glencoe, IL 1926 Boles, F.T. BOL Hinsdale, IL 1909 Booth, Sherman BOO Glencoe, IL 1911-1912 Born, M. BOR Glencoe, IL 1915-1017 Born, M., E.S. Rosenbaum Residence BOR Glencoe, IL 1917 Born, M., H.E. Foreman Residence BOR Highland Park, IL 1917 Boynton, Mrs. BOY Ravinia, IL 1918 Brooks, Harold C. BRK Marshall, MI 1921-1922 Brown, C.D. BRM no location given 1917 Brown, E.C. BRN Decatur, IL 1917 Brown, E.J. BRO Decatur, IL 1911-1915 Brown, F.A. BRQ Libertyville, IL 1930 Brown, L.D. BRS Akron, OH 1921-1926 Brownback, J.M. BRU Decatur, IL 1921 Buck, O.J. BUC Chicago, IL 1913 Buder Subdivision BUE St. Louis, MO Bush, B.F. BUS Evanston, IL 1907 Butler Burial Ground BUW DuPage County, IL Butler, J.F. BUU Oak Park, IL 1915-1916 Byllesby, H.M.B. BYL Lake Geneva, WI 1909 Camp Algonquin CAP Algonquin, IL 1911 Camp, C.B. CAM Oak Park, IL 1915 Cargill, W.W. CAR La Crosse, WI 1905, 1909 Carr, Clyde M. CAS Lake Forest, IL 1913, 1916 Chalmers, J.W. CHA Lake Geneva, WI 1905 Chalmers, Mrs. William J. CHC Wheaton, IL 1910-1911 Chalmers, W.I. CHB Lake Geneva, WI 1904-1905 Chenequa, Wisconsin. Civic Center. CHE Chenqua, WI 1911 Chenequa, Wisconsin. Fire Map. CHE Chenqua, WI 1930 Chenequa, Wisconsin. Roads. CHE Chenqua, WI 1932 Cherry, H.T. CHG Tama, IA 1927 Chicago Art Institute CHI-ART Chicago, IL 1931 Chicago. Beach Hotel. CHI-BEA Chicago, IL 1912, 1917 Chicago. House of Correction. CHI-HOU Chicago, IL 1907 Chicago Junior School CHI-JUN Elgin, IL 1934 Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium CHI-MUN Chicago, IL 1913 Chicago Parks CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1903-1919 Chicago Parks. Adams Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL Chicago Parks. Austin Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1906-1916 Chicago Parks. Buena Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1908 Chicago Parks. Campbell Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL Chicago Parks. Columbus Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1917-1920 Chicago Parks. Cragin Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1921 Chicago Parks. Crescent Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1909 Chicago Parks. Dauphin Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL Chicago Parks. Douglas Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1909-1910 Chicago Parks. East End Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1906 Chicago Parks. Eckhart Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1912 Chicago Parks. Ellis Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1907 Chicago Parks. Franklin Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1914=1916 Chicago Parks. Garfield Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1907 Chicago Parks. Grant Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1903 Chicago Parks. Harrison Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1912-1918 Chicago Parks. Holstein Playground. CHi-PARKS Chicago, IL 1911 Chicago Parks. Humboldt Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1907-1908 Chicago Parks. Merrick Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1906 Chicago Parks. Norwood Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1906 Chicago Parks. Park IV. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL Chicago Parks. Pulaski Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1911-1912 Chicago Parks. Quarry Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1912 Chicago Parks. Sayre and Rutherford Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1909 Chicago Parks. Sheridan Park. CHI-PARKS9 Chicago, IL 1913 Chicago Parks. Union Park. CHI-PARKS9 Chicago, IL 1914 Chicago Parks. Vernon Park. CHI-PARKS Chicago, IL 1917 Chicago Parks. West Chicago Parks. CHI-PARK Chicago, IL 1912 Chicago. Sanitary District. CHI-SAN Chicago, IL 1909 Chicago Technical University CHI-TEC Chicago, IL 1919 Chicago. Street Improvements. CHI-STR Chicago, IL 1903-1920 Churchill, Arthur CHU Burlington, IA 1915 Clark, Harley L. CLE Lake Geneva, WI 1922-1928 Clark, J.M. CLA Freeport, IL 1924-1925 Clark, Kenneth D. CLC Glencoe, IL 1925-1927 Clow, Henry B. CLO Lake Forest, IL 1910-1911 Cluever, Richard CLU Maywood, IL 1913-1914 Cluten CLW Highland Park, IL 1929 Conference Point COE Lake Geneva, WI 1918 Cook County, Illinois. Forest Preserve District. COF Cook County, IL 1916 Coonley, Avery COG Riverside, IL 1912, 1917 Coonley Kindergarten COK Riverside, IL 1912 Coonley, Prentiss COI Lake Forest, IL 1910-1925 Cooper, Henry S. COP Kenosha, WI 1913-1916 Corbin, Mrs. Dana COR Ellison Bay, WI 1930 Corning, Edwin COS North East Harbor, ME 1926 Council Home COU Western Springs, IL 1909 Cresap, Mark W. CRE Kenilworth, IL Crilly, Edgar CRI Winnetka, IL 1922 Cudahy, Joseph M. CUD Lake Forest, IL 1911-1913 Cudahy, Mrs. Michael CUE Chicago, IL 1913 Culver Military Academy CUL Culver, IN 1912, 1929-1931 Curtis, F.L. CUR Highland Park, IL 1911-1912 David, Sigmund W. DAV Glencoe, IL 19251926 Decatur and Macon County Hospital DEC Decatur, IL 1915-1916 DeKalb, Illinois. Square. DEE DeKalb County, IL 1909 DeKieffer, Otto M. DEG Chicago, IL 1924 Dell Plain, Morse DEL Hammond, IN 1924-1926 Denkmann, S. DEN Rock Island, IL 1909-1910 Dewey, Charles S. DEV Lake Forest, IL 1913 Dewey, Chauncey DEW Manhattan, KS 1909 Dick, H.E. DIC Janesville, WI 1913 Diggins, F.A. DIE Cadillac, MI 1917-1918 Dighton, William DIG Monticello, IL 1917 Doering, O.C. DOE Oak Park, IL 1911, 1916-1917 Downers Grove, Illinois. Kindergarten. DOW Downers Grove, IL 1912-1913, 1927 Dryden, George B. DRY Evanston, IL 1916 Dudley, H.C. DUD Duluth, MN 1922, 1926 Dunham, R.J. DUN Lake Forest, IL 1916-1917 Durand, Mrs. Scott DUR Lake Bluff, IL 1912-1913 East Chicago, Indiana EAP East Chicago, IN 1903, 1936 Eckhart, B.A. ECK Lake Forest, IL 1906-1907 Edward Hines Jr. Hospital HIN Maywood, IL 1915, 1921-1930 Ephraim Community House EPH Door County, WI 1926 Evans, Frank C. EVA Crawfordsville, IN 1917-1919 Everitt, David C. EVE Lake Forest, IL 1930 Ewing, Davis EWD Bloomington, IL 1923-1932 Ewing, Spencer EWS Bloomington, IL 1911, 1920 Fahrney, E.H. FAE Oak Park, IL 1912-1916 Fair Oaks Addition FAI Hinsdale, IL 1923-1924 Farson, J. FAR Oak Park, IL 1905 Fauntleroy FAU Geneva, IL 1925 Fearing, Joseph L. FEA Highland Park, IL 1916 Fischer, John FIC Kewanee, IL 1918 Fish, F.S. FIH South Bend, IN 1924-1926 Fisher, C.T. FIR Oakland County, MI 1929 Fisher, C.T. FIR Lexington, KY Fisher, Walter L. FIW Hubbard Woods, IL 1914-1915 Florsheim, Harold M. FLO Ravinia, IL 1925 Florsheim, Irving FLO Lake County, IL FLO Highland Park, IL 1929 Folds, Charles FOC Lake Forest, IL 1923 Ford, Edsel B. FOE Seal Harbor, ME 1922-1926 Ford, Edsel B. FOE Gaukler Pointe, Macomb County, MI 1926-1932 Ford, Henry. Hotel. FOF Dearborn, MI 1930-1931 Ford, Henry. Tractor Building. FOF7 Hamilton, OH 1919 Ford Subdivision FOJ no location given Forestville School FOR Chicago, IL 1916 Frank, Jacob FRA Chicago, IL 1911 Frawley, Mrs. F.D. FRE Indianapolis, IN 1922-1924 Friedman, Mrs. I.K. FRI Winnetka, IL 1911 Friestedt, M.L.P. FRM Lake Bluff, IL 1909 Gads Hill Encampment GAD Lake Bluff, IL 1909 Garden GAN no location given 1924 Garden, Hugh M.G. GAH Lake Forest, IL Gary, John W. GAR Glencoe, IL 1912-1913 Gatzert, August GAT Glencoe, IL 1916, 1929-1930 Geneva, Illinois. Subdivision. GEN Geneva, IL 1927 Gilchrist, John F. GIC no location given 1927-1930 Gill, Wallace GIL Glencoe, IL 1922 Glaser, E.L. GLA Glencoe, IL 191-1917 Glavin, Charles F. GLC Escanaba, MI 1920 Glencoe Golf Club GLE Glencoe, IL 1925 Glencoe, Illinois GLE8 Glencoe, IL 1912-1914 Glencoe, Illinois. Maps. GLE Glencoe, IL 1911, 1929 Glencoe, Illinois. Parks. GLE0 Glencoe, IL 1912-1913 Glencoe, Illinois. Stations. GLE Glencoe, IL 1912 Glencoe. North School. GLE Glencoe, IL 1928-1929 Glengables GLG Glencoe, IL 1921 Glidden, Wisconsin. Parks. GLI Glidden, WI 1903 Grand Beach Company GRA Grand Beach, MI 1919 Gray, Humphrey S. GRC Benton Harbor, MI 1917-1918 Greenebaum, Frederic GRF Highland Park, IL 1924, 1926 Gregg, Cecil GRG St. Louis, MO 1914-1922 Gregg Subdivision GRH St. Louis, MO Gregory, R.B. GRI no location given 1910-1927 Gridly GRL Geneva, IL 1927 Grommes, I.B. GRO Lake Geneva, WI 1903, 1906 Haight, R.I. HAI Palos Park, IL 1904 Hamill, E.A. HAM Lake Forest, IL 1913 Hardin, John H. HAN Hubbard Woods, IL 1910 Hart, Harry HAQ Oconomowoc, WI 1911 Hart, J.M. HAR Evanston, IL 1916 Haseltine, W.E. HAS Ripon, WI 1915 Hately, J.C. HAT Lake Geneva, WI 1904, 1910 Havana, Illinois. Parks. HAV Havana, IL 1919-1920 Hawkins HAX Glencoe, IL 1922 Hebrew Institute HEB Chicago, IL 1909, 1911 Helen C. Pierce School PIH Chicago, IL 1917 Hellum, P.E. HEL Glencoe, IL Hemingway, G.R. HEM Wheaton, IL 1916 Henry Ford Hospital FOH Detroit, MI 1919-1920 Hert, A.T. HEN Louisville, KY 1917 Hertz, John HER Cary, IL 1919, 1921 Hesler, F.L. HES Lake Forest, IL 1910 Highland Park, Illinois. HIG Highland Park, IL 1928-1929 Hille, Hermann HIL Ravinia, IL 1911, 1912 Hillside Home School of the Allied Arts HIM no location given Holmes, Samuel HOL Highland Park, IL 1927 Homewood Country Club HOM Flosmore, IL 1908 Howell, Thomas M. HOW Barrington, IL 1925 Hubbard, H.M. HUB Lake Forest, IL 1905 Hubbard, I.D. HUD Lake Forest, IL 1909 Hubbard, Mrs. HUF Lake Forest, IL 1927 Ickes, Harold ICE Hubbard Woods, IL 1916 Illinois Central Hospital ICH Chicago, IL 1915 Illinois State Fairgrounds Addition IFA Springfield, IL Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Parks. IHI Indiana Harbor, IN 1903 Indiana Harbor, Indiana. Water Works. IHI Indiana Harbor, IN 1903 Insull, Martin INS Libertyville, IL 1914-1915 Insull, Samuel INS Libertyville, IL 1914 International Training School INT Lake Geneva, WI Interstate Land Company INU McGregor, IA 1921 Jackson, Arthur JAC Lake Forest, IL 1927 Jamestown College JAM Jamestown, ND 1910, 1914 Jennings Seminary JEN Aurora, IL 1927 Jewish Home JEW Western Springs, IL 1909 Johnson, H.F. JOF Racine, WI 1911 Johnson, Halsey JOH Aurora, IL 1926 Jones, W. Clyde JON Kalamazoo, MI 1916 Joslyn, George A. JOS Omaha, NE 1913 Kanzler, Ernest C. KAN Detroit, MI 1925, 1929 Kayne, Thomas Y. KAY Glencoe, IL 1922 Keehn, Roy D. KEE Lake Bluff, IL 1928 Kelley, Phelps KEH Lake Bluff, IL 1926 Kelley, William V. KEL Lake Forest, IL 1913-1926 Kendallville, Indiana. Parks. KEM Kendallville, IN Kenilworth, Illinois. Parks. KEN Kenilworth, IL 1909, 1933 Keusink, E.B. KEU Decatur, IL 1916 Kilbourne, L.B. KIL Highland Park, IL 1905, 1910 Kilzinger KIM Glencoe, IL 1925 King, C.L. KIN Lake Forest, IL 1912 Klee, Nathan KLE Highland Park, IL 1924, 1926 Kohn, L. KOH Homewood, IL 1905 Kransz, H.P. KRA no location given 1913 Kuppenheimer, Jonas KUP Lake Forest, IL 1913-1916 Kurtzon, Morris KUR Highland Park, IL 1924 Lackner, F. LAC Kenilworth, IL 1906 LaGrange, Illinois. Parks. LAG LaGrange, IL 1932-1933 Lake County, Illinois. LAK Lake County, IL 1913, 1919 Lamborn, William H. LAM Highland Park, IL 1908 Lasker, Albert D. LAS Glencoe, IL 1913-1918 Lefens, T.J. LEE Lake Geneva, WI 1911 LeForgee, C.C LEF Decatur, IL 1922-1923 Lehmann, Augusta LEH Lake Villa, IL 1921 Leonard, Clifford M. LEO Lake Forest, IL 1923 Lewiston Heights Co. Inc. LEW Lewiston, NY 1917, 1921 Lichtstern, Adolph J. LIC Glencoe, IL 1915-1917 Lincoln Highway LIH Lake County, IN 1916-1925 Lincoln Highway. Maps. LIH no location given 1909-1917 Lincoln Highway. Standards. LIH9 no location given 1919-1922 Lincoln, Nebraska. Parks. LIE Lincoln, NE 1904 Link, Goethe LIN Indianapolis, IN 1922-1923 Lloyd School Centre LLO Chicago, IL 1920 Loeb, A.H. LOB Chicago, IL 1910-1911 Loeb, A.H. LOB Charlevoix, MI 1917 Loeb, Ernest LOE Highland Park, IL 1929-1930 Logan, F.G. LOF Glencoe, IL 1903 Logan, Frank LOG Chicago, IL 1914 Logan School Center LOI Chicago, IL 1918 Logan Square, Chicago LOK Chicago, IL 1917 Lombard, Illinois. Parks. LOM Lombard, IL 1928-1929 Loomis, A. R. LOO Fort Dodge, IA 1922 Luther College LUT Decorah, IA 1910 MacChesney, Nathan W. MAC Chicago, IL 1913 MacDonald Subdivision MAD Glencoe, IL 1911 Magnus, A.C. MAG Winnetka, IL 1904-1905 Manitowoc, Wisconsin. High School. MAN Manitowoc, WI 1920-1925 Marquette, Iowa. Subdivision. MAQ Marquette, IA Martin, Mrs. H.H. MAR Lake Forest, IL 1920 Mason City, Iowa. MAS Mason City, IA 1904, 1924 Mayer, Elias MAY Deerfield, IL 1925-1926 McClernan MCC Highland Park, IL 1909 McClintock, W.H. MCE Kenilworth, IL 1910 McCormick, Mrs. Cyrus H. MCF Lake Forest, IL 1917 McCulloch, Frank H. MCG Evanston, IL 1909 McInnerney, Thomas H. MCI Winnetka, IL McKendree College MCK Lebanon, IL 1910 Meeker, A. MEE Lake Forest, IL 1910 Michaels, Joseph MIC Highland Park, IL 1924 Miller, Mrs. Darius MIE Lake Forest, IL 1916-1918 Milwaukee Convalescent Home MIH Milwaukee, WI 1930 Milwaukee Country Club MIL Milwaukee, WI 1928, 1931 Milwaukee. Parks. MIM Milwaukee, WI 1917 Miner, Marvin E. MIN Barrington, IL 1928 Mitchell, Mrs. W.W. MIT Cadillac, MI 1918-1919 Montgomery, R.R. MOE Decatur, IL 1913, 1916-1917 Montgomery Ward and Co. WAM Chicago, IL 1909-1910 Moore, E.S. MOG Lake Forest, IL 1911-1913 Moore, Robert J. MOI Niagara Falls, NY 1921, 1923 Moore, W.D.N. MOK Wellington County, Ontario 1924 Morgan Park, Illinois. Parks. MOM Morgan Park, IL 1906, 1915 Morgan Park Military Academy MON Morgan Park, IL 1918 Morton, Joy MOR DuPage County, IL 1919-1920 Morton, Misses MOO Lombard, IL 1914 Mosser, E.C. MOS Chicago, IL Murray MUR no location given 1916 Myers, Lewis E. MYE Lake Geneva, WI 1924 National Kindergarten College NAT Evanston, IL 1928 Nelson, W.P. NEL Chicago, IL 1917 New Berlin, Wisconsin. Convalescent Home. NEW New Berlin, WI 1930 Niblack, William C. NIB Lake Forest, IL 1914-1919 Noble, Mrs. R.A. NOB Bloomington, IL 1921 Noel, Joseph R. NOE Oak Park, IL 1914-1915 Northern Indiana Public Service Co. NOI Michigan City, IN 1930-1931 Northmoor Country Club NOK Ravinia, IL 1930-1931 Norton, C.D. NOM Lake Forest, IL 1906 Norwegian Hospital NOR Chicago, IL 1910 O. Torrison Company TOR Manitowoc, WI 1916, 1922 Oak Park, Illinois. High School. OAK Oak Park, IL 1915-1917 Oak Park, Illinois. Parks. OAK Oak Park, IL 1913-1915 Oak Ridge Cemetery OAM DuPage County, IL 1910 Oakhaven Old People's Home OAP Chicago, IL 1924 Oates, J.F. OAT Evanston, IL 1915 Oberne, John E. OBE Knoxville, TN 1917 Odell, Benjamin F.J. ODE Kenilworth, IL 1914 Oppenheimer, H.D. OPP Chicago, IL 1910 Orb, I. ORB Glencoe, IL 1904 Ottawa, Illinois. Parks. OTT no location given 1913 Owen Subdivision OWG McHenry County, IL 1914, 1921 Owen, W. David OWE Lake Forest, IL 1923 Pabst, Frederick PAB Oconomowoc, WI 1907 Paepcke, Herman PAE Glencoe, IL 1903, 1914 Pasadena, California. Parks. PAS Pasadena, CA Paw Paw, Illinois. Parks. PAW Paw Paw, IL 1910 Paxton, Charles E. PAX Lake Forest, IL 1912 Paxton, Charles F. PAY Lake Forest, IL 1909 Perkins, Frederick W. PER no location given 1921 Perry, Norman PET Culver, IN 1928 Pick, Albert PIC Winnetka, IL 1926 Pick, Albert PIC Highland Park, IL 1915 Pick, George PIE Highland Park, IL 1916 Plymouth, Indiana. Lincoln High School. PLY Plymouth, IN 1922, 1925 Podatz, I. POD Palos Park, IL 1904 Pool, M.B. POO Chicago, IL 1911 Porter County, Indiana. Potter, Charles F. POR Lake Geneva, WI 1912 Potter, Edwin A. POT Lake Geneva, WI 1912 Prairie Club PRA Dune Park, IN 1932 Public Service Company of Northern Illinois. Evanston, IL PUB-E Evanston, IL 1923 Public Service Company of Northern Illinois. Waukegan, IL PUB-W Waukegon, IL 1924 Pullman, W.A.P. PUL Lake Forest, IL 1926 Pushman, J.T. PUS Libertyville, IL 1920 PUS Racine, WI 1909 Racine Country Club RAC Racine, WI 1909-1910 Racine, Wisconsin. Parks. RAE Racine, WI 1909 Racine, Wisconsin. Parks. Cemetery Park. RAE Racine, WI 1906 Racine, Wisconsin. Parks. Island Park. RAE Racine, WI 1906, 1909 Racine, Wisconsin. Parks. Lewis Field. RAE Racine, WI 1909 Racine, Wisconsin. Parks. Riverside Park. RAE Racine, WI 1911 Racine, Wisconsin. Parks. Washington Park. RAE Racine, WI 1910 Racine, Wisconsin. Square. RAE Racine, WI 1909 Racine, Wisconsin. Streets. RAE Racine, WI 1922 Rasmussen, G. RAS Everett, IL 1918-1919 Ravinia, Illinois. Maps. RAV Ravinia, IL 1908 Highland Park, IL 1931 Ravinia, Illinois. Parks. RAV Ravinia, IL 1924 Ravinia, Illinois. Schools. RAV Ravinia, IL 1912-1913, 1920-1921 Ravisloe Country Club RAY Homewood, IL 1910 Rea, Mrs. REA Chicago, IL 1909 Regnery, W.H. REG Hinsdale, IL Reimers, J.J. REI Davenport, IA 1910 Resurrection Fathers Home RES Chicago, IL 1916 Reynolds, George M. REY Chicago, IL 1916 Richardson, R.R. RIC Wheaton, IL 1920 River Forest, Illinois. Parks. RIP River Forest, IL 1917-1918 Riverside Cemetery and Mausoleum Association RIV Aurora, IL 1917 Robbins, P.A. ROA Highland Park, IL 1922 Roberts, William H. ROB Chicago, IL 1913 Rosenthal, Benjamin F. ROI Homewood, IL 1916 Rosenwald, Julius ROK Chicago, IL 1911-1914, 1924, 1929 Ross, John D. ROS Oak Park, IL 1913 Rubens, Harry RUB Glencoe, IL 1903-1906 Rubovits, Toby RUD Chicago, IL 1913 Rueckheim, L. RUF Lakeside, MI 1919 Rumsey, Henry A. RUM Lake Forest, IL 1912-1913 Ryerson, E.L. RYE Lake Forest, IL 1913-1920 Saint Elizabeth's Church SAI Glencoe, IL 1914 Sanford, Hugh W. SAN Knoxville, TN 1917, 1920 Scarbrough, H.C. SCB Highland Park, IL 1909 Schlesinger, F. SCE Milwaukee, WI 1917 Scott, F.H. SCH Hubbard Woods, IL 1914 Scott, John W. SCJ Glencoe, IL 1914 Scott, R.L. SCL Evanston, IL 1915 Seabury, C.W. SEB Oak Park, IL 1912 Seaman, George G. SEG Taylorville, IL 1920-1921 Shire, M.E. SHI Highland Park, IL 1922 Silberman, S. SIB Chicago, IL 1917 Simms, E.F. SIE Paris, KY 1915-1916 Simms, E.F. SIE Spring Station, KY 1911-1917 Simpson, J. SIP Glencoe, IL 1913 Skinner, J.F. SKI Oak Park, IL 1911 Smith, C.F. SMC Highland Park, IL 1912 Smith, Frank S. SMI Oak Park, IL 1916 Smith, Fred B. SME Terre Haute, IN 1909-1910 Smith, Frederick H. SMG Peoria, IL 1908 Smith, Thomas SMM St. Joseph, MI 1914 Smithers, Perry L. SMP Wilmette, IL 1919-1920 Snyder, Karl SNY Freeport, IL 1924-1925 Sonnenschein, Edward SON Glencoe, IL 1926 South Bay Hotel SOU Indiana Harbor, IN 1903 Spitz, Maxine Hart SPP Glencoe, IL 1916, 1925 Springfield, Illinois. Parks. SPR Springfield, IL 1903-1936 Springfield, Illinois. State Capitol. SPR Springfield, IL Springfield, Illinois. Supreme Court. SPR Springfield, IL 1907-1912 Stack, John K. STC Escanaba, MI 1920-1921 Staley, A.E., Jr. STE Decatur, IL 1930 Staley Manufacturing Co. STG Decatur, IL 1928-1930 Stalnaker, F.D. STI Indianapolis, IN 1921-1923 State Normal School, Wisconsin STK Stevens Point, WI 1903 Stein, B.F. STM Lake County, IL 1923 Stensland, P.O. STO Irving Park, IL 1903 Stern, Alfred STQ Ravinia, IL 1924 Stonehill, C.A. STS Glencoe, IL 1910 Stout, F.D. STU Chicago, IL 1918 Strauss, Martin STW Ravinia, IL 1926-1929 Studebaker Mortuary Chapel STX South Bend, IN 1925 Sullivan, Roger SUL no location given 1915 Swift SWF Lake Geneva, WI 1916 Swift, L.F. SWL Lake Forest, IL 1930 Swigert, H.A. SWI Evanston, IL 1916 Swimming Pool SWM no location given Sycamore, Illinois. Square. SYC Sycamore, IL 1905 Taft Monument TAF no location given Tervillian, William TER Freeport, IL 1924-1925 The Presbyterian Home EVC Evanston, IL 1920 Thompson, John R. THM Lake Forest, IL 1924 Thomson, Adam G. THO Duluth, MN 1924-1927 Thorne, Charles H. THR Winnetka, IL 1910 Thornhill Farm THT DuPage County, IL 1919 Tilt, J.E. TIL Chicago, IL 1913 Tinkoff, Paysoff TIN Kenilworth, IL 1933 Trostel, Albert O. TRO Milwaukee, WI 1909-1911 Uihlein, Edward (Edgar) VIH Lake Forest, IL 1914 Van Deventer, Hugh F. VAH Knoxville, TN 1923-1924 Van Deventer, James VAJ Bearden, TN 1928 Van Matre, Mrs. W.N. VAN Lake Bluff, IL 1924 Vandeveer, E.A. VAE Taylorville, IL 1910-1911 Vehon, Morris VEH Chicago, IL 1922 Wagner, E.W. WAG Glencoe, IL 1907 Waldon, Sydney D. WAI Detroit, MI 1930 Waldon, Sydney D. WAI Clarkston, MI 1930 Wallis, H.M. WAK Racine, WI 1920 Warren, E.K. WAR Lakeside, MI 1909-1913 Warren, Fred P. WAS Evanston, IL 1922 Wean, Frank L. WEB Highland Park, IL 1908 Webster, H.G. WEE Buchanan, MI 1917 Wertheimer, M.A. WEM Kaukauna, WI 1918 West View Farms Co. WEP Everett, IL 1924-1925 West View Farms Co. WEP West Deerfield, IL 1925 Westbury Apartment WES Chicago, IL 1909 Whitaker, W.E. WHI Crown Point, IN 1929 Wickman, Gilbert WIC Ellison Bay, WI Wieboldt, W.A. WIE Lake Delavan, WI 1908 Williams, J.G. WIJ Duluth, MN 1914 Williamson, John WIL Saugatuck, MI 1914 Willy, C.B. WIN no location given 1918 Wilson, Milton WIP Lake Forest, IL 1912-1913 Wisconsin. University. WIS no location given 1916 Wiseberg, Hiram WIN Syracuse, NY 1928-1929 Woods Brothers Subdivision WOO Lincoln, NE 1916 Woods, Frank H. WOF Lincoln, NE 1915-1916 Woods, W.M. WOM Decatur, IL 1917 Yates, D.M. YAT Oak Park, IL 1928 Younker, A. YOU Winnetka, IL 1911, 1913 Zimmerman, H.B. ZIM Geneva, IL 1921-1927
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