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A print cut from 'Mémoires de la Société d'archéologie Lorraine', published in 1860. The legacy printed catalogue states that an enlarged copy was made and used in patrick Geddes' ;Cities and Town Planning Exhibition'.

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Reproduction, cut from a publication, of a plan of the Ringstrasse and inner town of Vienna, showing buildings erected on the glacis of the inner ring of Fortifications after 1857. Text reads "These erstwhile fortifications provided a site for the Ringstrasse, now the leading street in Vienna: affording sites for all the main public buildings." Pencil notes on mount, "enlarge to 10 x 9" and "30" in red pencil (see Coll-1167/A/7/35). No date given and unattributed.

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Photographic reproduction of Coll-1167/A/6/12. Typed label attached to mount reads "C.R.9 12 Vienna 1857 From the Cities Exhibition." Additional red lable reads "VIENNA". Additional text reads "The shaded blocks show the buildings erected on the glacis after 1857, the dotted parts are the inner and outer towns which existed before 1857. Public buildings are shown black". This was an original exhibit in Geddes' 1917 Cities and Town Planning Exhibition.

Scope and Contents Schematic Diagram of Vienna in 1910 possibly by Camillo Sitte (1843-1903). This shows 1. the inner Ringstrasse as described in Coll-1167/A/6/11; 2. the middle ring street further out, marked "Girdle line" on the plan, which follows the line of more recent fortifications (presumably the outer ones on Coll-1167/A/6/11) and 3. "The recently acquired Wood and Meadow girdle. This new area includes the beautiful hills of the west of the city and affords endless opportunities for the development of...

Scope and Contents Reproduction of general scheme for the layout of Chicago by Daniel H. Burnham, 1907. Text reads "'Example of an American city now so fully passing into the Imperial phase of development', on the French model." Coll-1167/A/6/15-23 were originally 8 items mounted on one composite sheet, displayed in four rows and mounted on white cartridge papers, and thereafter on stiff grey sugar paper. The sheet was previously very damaged, items since separated. Presumably illustrations were cut from an...

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Reproduction of rendering of an aerial view of Chicago by Daniel Burnham, (1846-1912). Coll-1167/A/6/15-23 were originally 8 items mounted on one composite sheet, displayed in four rows and mounted on white cartridge papers, and thereafter on stiff grey sugar paper. The sheet was previously very damaged, items since separated. Presumably illustrations were cut from an article on Town Planning. This item originally displayed on the second row of composite sheet.

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Reproduction of a map of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Coll-1167/A/6/15-23 were originally 8 items mounted on one composite sheet, displayed in four rows and mounted on white cartridge papers, and thereafter on stiff grey sugar paper. The sheet was previously very damaged, items since separated. Presumably illustrations were cut from an article on Town Planning. This item originally displayed on the second row of composite sheet.

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Reproduction of Bird's eye view of Washington, USA. Relates to Coll-1167/A/6/22 below. Coll-1167/A/6/15-23 were originally 8 items mounted on one composite sheet, displayed in four rows and mounted on white cartridge papers, and thereafter on stiff grey sugar paper. The sheet was previously very damaged, items since separated. Presumably illustrations were cut from an article on Town Planning. This item originally displayed on the third row of composite sheet.

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Scheme for the development of Washington USA. General plan, relates to Coll-1167/A/6/20 above. Coll-1167/A/6/15-23 were originally 8 items mounted on one composite sheet, displayed in four rows and mounted on white cartridge papers, and thereafter on stiff grey sugar paper. The sheet was previously very damaged, items since separated. Presumably illustrations were cut from an article on Town Planning. This item originally displayed on the fourth row of composite sheet.

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Duplicate plan of Housesteads Roman Fort, or Borcovicium, a 2nd Century AD Roman army camp on Hadrians' Wall, England.