Architectural working drawings of the San Francisco City Hall

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
John Bakewell Jr., 1872 – 1963
Arthur Brown Jr., 1874 – 1957
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Portfolio containing 23 photostats of the principal working drawings for the San Francisco City Hall, constructed between 1913 and 1916, and explanatory sheet giving the history of the building’s construction. Drawings are of ground plan, elevations, dome, interior and exterior architectural decoration.
Credit Line
Gift of John Bakewell Jr.
1913–16
Accession Number
1958-44-1-k
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object Name
Print
Type
Print
Medium
Photostat on paper, with yellow crayon additions
Dimensions
66 x 51.5 cm (26 in. x 20 1/4 in.)
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1958-44-1-k
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq41444b9f8-15f2-4d72-845a-2cad4d57c49e
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