• Williams & Meyer Co. (photographic studio)
• Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (photographic studio)
• Unknown (photographer)
• Unknown (photographic studio)
• Alfred Caldwell (landscape architect)
• Frank J. Kornacker (associated architect)
• Holabird & Root (Chicago, Ill.) (associated architectural firm)
• Illinois Institute of Technology (client)
• Friedman, Alschuler and Sincere (associated architectural firm)
• Robert F. Carr (dedicatee)
• Edward A. Duckett (interior designer)
• Alschuler & Sincere (associated architectural firm)
• Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (architect)

Photographs of perspectives, plans and an elevation for Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois

negatives exposed 1939-1958

- Among the inscriptions found on the verso of each copy print are the negative numbers as follows: DR1994:0014:014:001 Unknown (negative ? 21668); DR1994:0014:014:002 Hedrich Blessing (Firm) (negative 13090); DR1994:0014:014:003 Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (negative 14437); DR1994:0014:014:004 Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (negative 12810-A); DR1994:0014:014:005 Williams & Meyer Co. (negative 40151); DR1994:0014:014:006 Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (negative 15633); DR1994:0014:014:007 Williams & Meyer Co. (negative 21589-C); DR1994:0014:014:008 Williams & Meyer Co. (negative 21583-B); DR1994:0014:014:009 Williams & Meyer Co. (negative 21633); DR1994:0014:014:010 Unknown (negative ? 21656); DR1994:0014:014:011 Unknown (negative ? 21472); DR1994:0014:014:012 Unknown (negative ? 21421); DR1994:0014:014:013 Unknown (negative ? 21524); DR1994:0014:014:014 Unknown (negative ? 21675); DR1994:0014:014:015 Unknown (negative ? 21562); DR1994:0014:014:016 Hedrich-Blessing (Firm) (negative 12810-B); and DR1994:0014:014:017 Williams & Meyer Co. (negative 43880-A).

• design development drawings
• finished drawings

Gelatin silver prints

comps. (range): 9 to 22,9 x 17,2 to 23,9 cm sheets (range): 20,4 to 25,4 x 20,9 to 26,1 cm

DR1994:0014:014:001-017

• line drawings
• mechanical drawings (tool-aided drawings)
• tone drawings

• perspective drawings
• plans (drawings)
• elevation (drawing)

• exterior views
• interior views
• plan views

numbered - on DR1994:0014:014:001, by an unknown hand, in graphite, l.r.: "21 668" stamped - on DR1994:0014:014:002, DR1994:0014:014:004 and DR1994:0014:014:016, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.l.: "If this Photograph is used / for reproduction, kindly use the / following credit line: / HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO." stamped - on DR1994:0014:014:002 - DR1994:0014:014:004, DR1994:0014:014:006 and DR1994:0014:014:016, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.l.: "HEDRICH-BLESSING STUDIO / CHICAGO / NEG. No. 13090" [with negative number in graphite] numbered - on DR1994:0014:014:002, by an unknown hand, in red pencil, verso, l.c.: "SL-134" stamped - on DR1994:0014:014:002 - DR1994:0014:014:004, DR1994:0014:014:007 - DR1994:0014:008 and DR1994:0014:014:016, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.r.: "MIES VAN DER ROHE / ARCHITECT A.I.A. / 37 S. WABASH AVE. / CHICAGO 3, ILL." numbered - on DR1994:0014:014:004, by an unknown hand, in red pencil, verso, l.c.: "SL-135" stamped - on DR1994:0014:014:005, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.r.: "FROM THE STUDIOS OF / WILLIAMS & MEYER CO. / 14 N. MICHIGAN - RA[N]DOLPH 1921 / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS / NEG. # 40151" [with negative number in graphite] inscribed - on DR1994:0014:014:006, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "ED DUCKETT" [underlined twice] signed and numbered - on DR1994:0014:014:007, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, l.r.: "Williams and Meyer / 21589-C" stamped - on DR1994:0014:014:008, DR1994:0014:014:009 and DR1994:0014:014:017, by an unknown hand, in black ink, verso, l.r.: "FROM THE STUDIOS OF / WILLIAMS & MEYER CO. / 14 N. MICHIGAN - RA[N]DOLPH 1921 / CHICAGO, ILLINOIS / NEG. # [with negative number in graphite] (see narrative content for neg. nos.) numbered - on DR1994:0014:014:010 - DR1994:0014:014:015, by an unknown hand, in graphite, verso, u.r.: with 5-digit numbers, possibly neg. nos. (see narrative content for neg. nos.) numbered - on DR1994:0014:014:016, by an unknown hand, in red pencil, verso, l.c.: "SL-136"

• architecture

Contains:

• DR1994:0014:014:008, Photograph of perspective of the entrance to the architecture and applied arts building, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, between 1939-1958