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1933 Conley and Stelzer Pictorial Map of Chicago, Illinois
MapofChicagoSundayTribune-conley-1933This map, reproduced from a lithograph of the original, designed by Walter H. Conley and drawn by O. E. Stelzer, both of Chicago, is here reprinted by their permission. Mr. Conley, after a two-year search of libraries and archives, aided in the compilation of historical details by Miss Caroline McIlvaine, who, thirty years ago received from the last surviving pioneers their data as to the city of the thirties, laid out this accurate plan of the Chicago of 1833. It will be seen that streets in what is now the loop bore than the same names they have now. The sketches which illuminate the map are as authentic as a careful search of historical data can make them.
Walter Haddon Conley (December 3, 1893 - November 3, 1936) was a Chicago based architect active in the middle of the 20th century. Conley was born in Spring Valley, Fillmore, Minnesota. He studied architecture at Beloit College where he was a member of the Alpha Zeta Chapter of the Sigma Chi fraternity. He graduated in 1917. In 1933, Conley completed his only cartographic project. In partnership with Otto Emil Stelzer (1901 - 1984), he drafted and issued a historical map of Chicago as it was in 1833. According to period reports, the map was the product of 2 years of research and caused a popular sensation when published and displayed at the Marshall Field Galleries. When Conley died, at just 42, he was working with the Federal Housing Administration. Conley married Lola Catherine Callaghan on June 18, 1919, in Olmsted, Minnesota, with whom he had a son. More by this mapmaker...
Otto Emil Stelzer (January 5, 1901 - April 1984), was a Swiss-German artist, poet, inventor, entrepreneur, sculptor, and engraver active in Chicago, Illinois; South Bend, Indiana; and Phoenix, Arizona. Stelzer was born in St. Gall, Switzerland. He emigrated to the United States in 1923, initially settling in South Bend, Indiana. He lived briefly in Chicago from 1920 - 1934, but relocated to German, St. Joseph, Indiana by 1935. During this period, in 1933, Stelzer produced two maps, a historical map of South Bend, Indiana as it appeared in 1831, and, in partnership with Walter Haddon Conley (1893 - 1936), a map of Chicago as it appeared in 1933. In 1941 he was employed as a commercial artist with the firm 'Advertising Artists' of South Bend, Indiana. Stelzer also, apparently, dabbled in poetry and was an inventor. For many years, he owned and managed the Aluminum Manufacturing Plant in South Bend, Indiana, from which he retired in 1969. Around this time, he relocated to Phoenix, Arizona, establishing Stelzer Studio, where he dabbled in sculpture, creating lamps, wall sculptures, and candelabras. He died in Phoenix, Arizona, in late April, 1984. In some references Stelzer's name is occasionally miswritten as 'D.E.' Learn More...
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