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Daniel Burnham's Notes, 1908

 

 

 

Daniel Burnham's Notes, 1908

On January 25, 1908, Daniel Burnham offered a presentation before a special closed meeting of the Commercial Club of Chicago, using a series of lantern slides to summarize the Plan of Chicago, which would be published in 1909. In these preliminary notes, Burnham lists the slides he planned to use during the meeting.