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Pale yellowed plan drawing in graphite and colored pencil showing a city street grid, a curving river, and finger-like docks extending into a lake.

Sketch Diagram of Docks at the Mouth of the Chicago River, 1909

A pale sheet of graphite and colored pencil lines maps a city grid, a curving river, and a lakefront. Slender docks with red and blue accents extend into the lake, while a radiating circular plaza and street network fill the upper and central areas.

Artist
Daniel Hudson Burnham
Date
1909
Medium
Graphite and colored pencil on paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2151 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1909).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, On permanent loan to The Art Institute of Chicago from the City of Chicago