J.W. Taylor Photograph Collection, c.1880-1910
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- IdentificationPUBLIC "-//The Art Institute of Chicago::Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives//TEXT(US::ICA::1993.3::J.W. TAYLOR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION, c.1880-1910)//EN" "ica199303.xml"
- TitleTaylor, J.W., Photograph Collection, c.1880-1910
- PublisherArt Institute of Chicago Archives, Research Center, The Art Institute of Chicago,
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Language
- English.
- English
- Datec.1880-1910
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Physical Description
- 0.5 linear feet (1 box)
- Black and white and toned photographic prints.
- RepositoryRyerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago 111 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60603-6110 archives@artic.edu https://www.artic.edu/archival-collections
- AbstractPreviously a bookseller, J.W. Taylor (1846-1918) began photographing Chicago in the 1870s and started advertising himself as a commercial photographer in 1889. Taylor worked until 1918, photographing Chicago-area architecture and landscapes, as well as buildings in other cities in the United States. This collection contains images taken in Chicago between about 1880 and 1910.
- OriginationTaylor, J. W. 1846-1918.
- LocationThe collection is housed in the Art Institute of Chicago Archives’ on-site stacks.
J.W. Taylor (1846-1918) began in Chicago as a bookseller, selling stationary and photographs in addition to books. He took up photography in the 1870s, pursued it more actively 1880s, and started advertising himself as a commercial photographer in 1889. Taylor worked until his death in 1918, taking images of Chicago-area architecture and photographing buildings in other cities in the United States, including Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. After Taylor's death, William T. Barnum, possibly a former operator for Taylor, acquired his negatives.
The collection, consisting of only one series, contains architectural and landscape photographs taken by J.W. Taylor in Chicago between about 1880 and 1910. Buildings represented are or were primarily office buildings located downtown in the Loop area and were designed by noted architects of the day, including Adler and Sullivan, Solon S. Beman, William W. Boyington, Burnham and Root, Cobb and Frost, and Holabird and Roche. Additionally, there are several images of Chicago parks and statuary.
The collection is arranged in one series, with photographs listed alphabetically by building name or subject.
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Names
- Taylor, J. W. 1846-1918.
- Adler and Sullivan.
- Baumann, Frederick H., 1826-1921.
- Beman, S. S. (Solon Spencer), 1853-1914.
- Boyington, William W., 1818-1898.
- Burnham and Root.
- Cleveland, H. W. S. (Horace William Shaler), 1814-1900.
- Cobb and Frost.
- Holabird & Roche (Chicago, Ill.)
- Jenney and Mundie.
- Jenney, William Le Baron, 1832-1907.
- MacMonnies, Frederick William, 1863-1937.
- Olmsted and Vaux.
- Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot.
- Palmer, Charles Maldon, 1845-1928.
- Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886.
- Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907.
- Van Osdel, John M., 1811-1891.
- Warren, Clinton J., b. 1860.
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Subject
- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago.
- Architecture--Illinois--Chicago--Photographs.
- Architectural photography--Illinois--Chicago.
- Chicago Auditorium Building (Chicago, Ill.)
- Haymarket Square Police Monument (Chicago, Ill.)
- Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)--Buildings, structures, etc.
- Monadnock Building (Chicago, Ill.)
- Parks--Illinois--Chicago.
- Rookery Building (Chicago, Ill.)
- Sculpture, American--Illinois--Chicago--19th century.
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J. W. Taylor photograph album, [ca. 1885-1900] (Chicago History Museum).
J.W. Taylor photograph collection (Chicago History Museum).
J.W. Taylor's photograph series collection on Chicago (Chicago History Museum).
J. W. Taylor photograph album, [ca. 1885-1900] (Chicago History Museum).
J.W. Taylor photograph collection (Chicago History Museum).
J.W. Taylor's photograph series collection on Chicago (Chicago History Museum).
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J.W. Taylor Photograph Collection, Ryerson and Burnham Art and Architecture Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago.
The collection was purchased by the Ryerson and Burnham Archives in 1993 from Ronald T. Lyman III.
New acquisitions may be added to this collection on an irregular basis.
A few items are identical to images also found in the Historic Architecture and Landscape Image Collection, for which digital files are available. Copies of these images may be ordered through the Ryerson and Burnham Archives.
This collection was processed by Natasha Derrickson in November 2003.