ALL ITEMS: 'Goodson-and-Wilson


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5182 Blueprint, map including Chicago and Evanston, Illinois .DetailsGoodson and Wilson1930
Cyanotype blueprint map Evanston Illinois Niles Center Rogers Park
Goodson and Wilson
1930
LOC:62
$175.00Goodson-and-WilsonCyanotype-blueprint-map-Evanston-Illinois-Niles-Center-Rogers-ParkOriginal cyanotype or blueprint map including Evanston, Illinois with Niles Center, Rogers Park, and Edgewater neighborhoods ca. 1930. Includes a significant portion of Lake Michigan shoreline. Key noted features include West Moreland Golf Course, Northwestern University, Calvary Cemetery, Bryn Mar Golf Club, Edgewater Golf Club, and the Tam O'Shanter Country Club. <br></br> Blueprint shows usage to the master trace employed to create the print. <br><br> By Goodson and Wilson 35 W. Wacker Drive (the Jeweler's Building) , Chicago. Documentation online from 1931 shows a Goodson and Wilson Mortgage Company at 55 E. Wacker. <br></br> Thirty-five East Wacker Drive was originally designed and built in the 1920's as a high tech office tower for jewelers. The lower 23 floors were serviced by automobile elevators that transported the tenant, their jewels, and their car directly up to the office floor.