Public-domain Architecture and Design
77 public-domain plates · 19th century to 20th century · 77 attributed
77 public-domain works catalogued under Architecture and Design spanning the 19th century to 20th century, released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag and free to reuse. Of these, 77 carry a named artist or maker.
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Lobby Details
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Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit
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Ravinia Refectory
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Ravinia Music Pavilion
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Gallery
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ornamental Plaster Work, Pilaster Details
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details with Electric Lights
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Vestibule Arch
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Arch Details
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Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Retiring Rooms
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Orchestra Hall, Chicago, Illinois, Detail Drawings
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View of the Proposed Civic Center Plaza and Buildings, The 1909 Plan of Chicago
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Elevator Frieze Panel from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building
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Spandrel Panel from the Saint Nicholas Hotel, St. Louis, Missouri
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Rookery Building, 209 South La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois: Grille from Interior Central Court
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Lunette from the Springer Block, Chicago, Illinois
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Fisher Building, 343 South Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois: Upper Portion of Elevator Grille
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Lunette from the Commerce Building, Chicago, Illinois
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The Fair Store: Pilaster from the Exterior
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Winged Victory Figure, from the Cornice of the Title Guarantee Building
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Brooklyn Library
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Plate 79 (2 Drawings) from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Suggested Location and Arrangement of the Railway Passenger Stations West of the River. Overhead Scheme: 1. Plan at Street Level. 2. Plan Above Street Level
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Plate 119 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Plan of the Intersection of Michigan Avenue and Twelfth Street
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Plate 72 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Sketch Diagram of Docks Suggested at the Mouth of the Calumet River for Bulk Freight Steamers; Access To Be Had Without Opening of Bridges.
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Plate 78 (2 Drawings) from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Suggested Location and Arrangement of the Railway Passenger Stations West of the River. Subway Scheme: 1. Plan of Street Level. 2. Plan Below Street Level
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Plate 35 from Plan of Chicago 1909: Chicago, and Diagram of Lake Michigan. Proposed Roadway to connect all the towns along the shores of the Lake.
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Busby Building, 128 West Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois: Window Keystone
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Chimney Piece from the Benjamin Lindauer House, Chicago, Illinois
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E. W. Blatchford Residence: Lunette Depicting Autumn
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Garrick Theatre: Block of stringcourse from first floor loggia
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The Fair Store: Block with Central Shell Shape from Facade
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Marquette Building: Elevator Grille Base
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Railway Exchange Building: Blocks with Repeated Meander Pattern
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Santa Fe Building: Terracotta Block with Foliate Design
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Auditorium Building: Column Capital and Portion of a Frieze
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Chicago Stock Exchange Building: Elevator Enclosure Grille T-Plates
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Elevator T-Plate from the Chicago Stock Exchange
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Schiller Building (later Garrick Theater): Sections of Star-Pod Design from Proscenium Vault
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Entrance Kick Plate from the Chicago Stock Exchange
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Ceiling Design with Peacock Motif
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Landscape with Building (top) and Caricature Head Studies (bottom)
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Multiple Sketches
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Plant Form Study
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McVickers Theater: Sketch for Untitled Ornamental Band
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McVickers Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Sketch
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McVickers Theater, Chicago, Illinois, Sketch
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Doric Order Details
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Schlesinger and Mayer Company Store, Chicago, Illinois, Baluster
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Schlesinger and Mayer Company Store, Chicago, Illinois, Baluster
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Schlesinger and Mayer Company Store, Chicago, Illinois, Baluster
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Fireplace Block from the Henry B. Babson House, Riverside, Illinois
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Spandrel Panel from the Gage Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Balcony Railing Section from the Mecca Apartment Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Frieze Section from the Rothschild Store, Chicago, Illinois
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Saint Nicholas Hotel: Spandrel Panel
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Spandrel Panel from the Rosenfeld Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Newel Post from the Morris Selz House, Chicago, Illinois
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Pilaster Capital from the Marshall Field Wholesale Store, Chicago, Illinois
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Window Keystone from 223 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois
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Interior Column from the Winston Block, Chicago, Illinois
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Interior Column Capital from the Winston Block, Chicago, Illinois
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Cornice Section from the Gage Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Anchor Plate from the Pullman-Jennings Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Fish Ornament from the Oliver Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Frieze Section from the Rothschild Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Rosette Fragment from the E.G. Raymond Store and Flats, Chicago, Illinois
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Elevator Grille from the Manhattan Building, Chicago, Illinois
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Auditorium Building: Section of the Hotel Bar
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Elevator Grille Ornament from the Schlesinger and Mayer Store, Chicago, Illinois
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Star-pod Fragment From the Proscenium Vault of the Garrick Theater, Chicago, Illinois
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Elevator Grille from the Chicago Stock Exchange, Chicago, Illinois
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Plate 125 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Elevation of Grant Park and Harbor; the Eastern Facade of the City on Michigan Avenue, and the Dome of the Administration Building of the Civic Center, Looking from Lake Michigan.
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Plate 137 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. View of the Proposed Development in the Center of the City, from Twenty-Second Street to Chicago Avenue, Looking Towards the East Over the Civic Center to Grant Park and Lake Michigan
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Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room: Reconstruction at the Art Institute of Chicago
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Plan of the Center of the City, the 1909 Plan of Chicago
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Works in this set
- Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Lobby Details A catalogued work
- Plate 110 from The Plan of Chicago, 1909: Chicago. Plan of the Complete System of Street Circulation; Railway Stations; Parks, Boulevard Circuits and Radial Arteries; Public Recreation Piers, Yacht Harbor, and Pleasure-Boat Piers; Treatment of Grant Park; the Main Axis and the Civic Center, Presenting the City as a Complete Organism in which All its Functions are Related One to Another in such a Manner that it will Become a Unit A catalogued work
- Ravinia Refectory A catalogued work
- Ravinia Music Pavilion A catalogued work
- Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony A catalogued work
- Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Gallery A catalogued work
- Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Plaster Details for Balcony A catalogued work
- Auditorium Building, Chicago, Illinois, Ornamental Plaster Work, Pilaster Details A catalogued work
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