Online
image list for job-file HB-18101 of the
Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, part 1, at Chicago History Museum,
Research Center
The catalog record describing this job-file is below the image-list for:
Title: Apartment building at 900 North Lake Shore Drive, 1955-1958.
Restriction: The online images are supplied for reference purposes only. All other uses are restricted. To acquire copies, including improved copies, or permission for use, please contact Chicago History Museum, Rights and Reproductions Office, 1601 N. Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614.
View A: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101a.jpg
View A: Model, high angle view (from negative)
View B: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101b.jpg
View B: Model, front (from negative)
View C: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101c.jpg
View C: Model, low angle view (from negative)
View D: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101d.jpg
View D: Similar to C, opposite angle (from negative)
View E: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101e.jpg
View E: Similar to C (from negative)
View F: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101f.jpg
View F: Interior, living room with bookcases, Barcelona chairs, view out the windows of nearby high-rises also by Mies van der Rohe (from negative)
View G: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101g.jpg
View G: Exterior, low angle view of building soaring, reflecting another building (from negative)
View H: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101h.jpg
View H: Interior, building lobby with potted plants and Barcelona chairs (from negative)
View I: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101i.jpg
View I: Interior, lobby with potted plants and benches (from negative)
View J: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101j.jpg
View J: Exterior, building (from negative)
View K: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101k.jpg
View K: Exterior, building and street (from negative)
View L: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101L.jpg
View L: Exterior, building with window washers (from negative)
View M: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101m.jpg
View M: Similar to K (from negative)
View N: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101n.jpg
View N: Interior living room with view out window (from negative)
View O: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101o.jpg
View O: Low angle of exterior building towers looking to sky (from negative)
View P: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101p.jpg
View P: Text image, 900 Esplanade Apartments Chicago (from negative)
View P1: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101p1.jpg
View P1: Exterior, building from street level (from color slide)
View Q: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101q.jpg
View Q: Exterior, building from across the street with window washers (from color slide)
View R: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101r.jpg
View R: Exterior (from color slide)
View S: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101s.jpg
View S: Similar to R (from color slide)
View U: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101u.jpg
View U: Exterior, top of building (from color slide)
View W: http://chsmedia.org/media/hb/01/HB18101w.jpg
View W: Similar to P1 (from color slide)
ID#: HB-18101
Creator: Hedrich-Blessing (Firm), photographer.
Title: Apartment building at 900 North Lake Shore Drive, 1955-1958.
Originals:
18 negatives : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
11 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10
in.
11 transparencies : col., slides ; 35mm.
Summary: Model and views of exterior and interior of building at 900
North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, the first of a complex of 2 high-rise buildings
designed by Mies van der Rohe and known as the Esplanade Apartment Buildings
when constructed.
Forms
part of the Hedrich-Blessing photograph collection, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
series.
Details: Views:
A: Model, high angle view (from negative); B: Model, front (from negative); C:
Model, low angle view (from negative); D: Similar to C, opposite angle (from
negative); E: Similar to C (from negative); F: Interior, living room with
bookcases, Barcelona chairs, view out the windows of nearby high-rises also by
Mies van der Rohe (from negative); G: Exterior, low angle view of building
soaring, reflecting another building (from negative); H: Interior, building
lobby with potted plants and Barcelona chairs (from negative); I: Interior,
lobby with potted plants and benches (from negative); J: Exterior, building
(from negative).
K:
Exterior, building and street (from negative); L: Exterior, building with
window washers (from negative); M: Similar to K (from negative); N: Interior
living room with view out window (from negative); O: Low angle of exterior
building towers looking to sky (from negative); P: Text image, 900 Esplanade
Apartments Chicago (from negative); P1: Exterior, building from street level (from
color slide); Q: Exterior, building from across the street with window washers
(from color slide); R: Exterior (from color slide); S: Similar to R (from color
slide); T: Same as R (color slide; not scanned); U: Exterior, top of building (from
color slide); V: Same as R (color slide; not scanned); W: Similar to P1 (from color
slide).
I,N:
Interiors; A-H,J-M,O-Z: Exteriors.
Two
negatives are duplicate or near-duplicate exposures.
A,D,E,F,H,K
have no prints.
Subjects:
Esplanade Apartment Buildings (Chicago,
Ill.)
900 North Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)
Architectural models—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1969.
Apartment
houses—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1969.
High-rise
apartment buildings—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1969.
Living
rooms—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1969.
Barcelona
chairs—Illinois—Chicago—1950-1969.
Windows.
Doors
& doorways.
Chicago
(Ill.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1950-1969.
Near
North Side (Chicago, Ill.)—Buildings, structures, etc.—1950-1969.
Form/genre:
Exterior views.
Interior views.
Film negatives.
Gelatin silver prints.
Slides—Color.
Added entries:
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969, architect.
Engdahl, William, photographer.
Call# for originals:
HB-18101 PPL
HB-18101 PPN
HB-18101 PCO
