Jens Jensen drawings and papers, 1903-1951 (majority within 1910-1934)

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:

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:

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:

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:

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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