UC Santa Barbara, Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design and Architecture Museum

Crawford (Rowland Henry) papers, circa 1928-circa 1973

Rowland Henry Crawford papers, circa 1928-circa 1973

Summary

Creators:
Crawford, Rowland Henry, 1902-1973
Extent:
56.5 Linear feet (30 record storage boxes, 5 Flat File Drawers, 11 boxes of rolls)
Language:
Preferred citation:

Rowland Henry Crawford papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

The Rowland Henry Crawford papers span 56.5 linear feet and date from circa 1928 to circa 1973. The collection consists of architectural drawings and reprographic copies, correspondence, Crawford’s 1961 daily calendar, three-ring binders devoted to particular projects, newspaper clippings, and Crawford’s project files organized by client’s last name/project name. There are a considerable number of architectural drawings, reprographic copies, and correspondence concerning the Times Mirror Building as well as Crawford’s projects dealing with the remodeling or building of high schools and elementary schools in the Los Angeles area.

Biographical / historical:

Architect and artist Rowland Henry Crawford was born October 28, 1902 in Blythe, South Dakota. He was a member of the first architecture class at University of Southern California. After architecture school, Crawford attended the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford, and subsequently won a two-year scholarship to study painting at the Academy of Rome. Once Crawford’s two year painting scholarship was over, he began to work for Gordon B. Kaufmann’s firm in Los Angeles where he served as the chief architect for the Times Mirror Building and the Santa Anita Race Track. Later in his career, Crawford started his own firm. At this time his work primarily focused on civic and commercial buildings, although he did design some residences. Some of the more prominent buildings include the Times Boys Club, Chatsworth and Crenshaw high school, and the remodeling of the Brown Derby. Crawford was in charge of the master planning for the Beverly Hills Board of Education, he served more than ten years as the chairman of the Bel-air Architectural Supervisory Committee, and on the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Construction Industries Committee. He also founded and was the first president of the University of Southern California’s Architectural Guild. Rowland Henry Crawford died in 1973, at the age of 71.

Custodial history:

Gift of Brian Wooten, 1990.

Physical location:
Boxes 1-29, 37/Mosher - regular 5 Flat File Drawers/ADC - flat files 1 Flat File Drawer/Mosher - drawer number D55 11 Boxes of Rolls/Mosher - rolls (some boxes are numbered and others are not numbered, just labeled Crawford)
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
Architecture -- California -- 20th century
Architectural drawings
Reprographic copies
Names:
Crawford, Rowland Henry, 1902-1973

Access and use

Restrictions:

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred citation:

Rowland Henry Crawford papers, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
Contact:
(805) 893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu
Website
Projects, 1925-1974
Extent:
15.0 Linear feet
Scope and content:

This is a partial listing of the architectural drawings for projects designed by Crawford. It only includes 5 flat file drawers of original drawings, including the Los Angeles Times Mirror building additions and alterations. It also includes numerous commerial buildings and schools.

Summary

Extent:
15.0 Linear feet

Background

Scope and content:

This is a partial listing of the architectural drawings for projects designed by Crawford. It only includes 5 flat file drawers of original drawings, including the Los Angeles Times Mirror building additions and alterations. It also includes numerous commerial buildings and schools.

Contents
Alameda Steam Plant #37 / Bureau of Power and Light Alameda St. & Palmetto St. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1942
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 1
Scope and content:

One drawing of site plan

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Scope and content:

One drawing of site plan

American Potash & Chemical Corp. office building 6th St. & Westmoreland Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.), undated
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 2
Scope and content:

2 drawings of site plan and floor plan.

Background

Scope and content:

2 drawings of site plan and floor plan.

Atlas Investment Corp. offices 424 S. Beverly Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), undated
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 3
Scope and content:

One drawing of floor plan.

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Scope and content:

One drawing of floor plan.

Bel Air Association west gate Bellagio Way & Sunset Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1970
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 4
Scope and content:

5 drawings of plans and elevations for gate

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Scope and content:

5 drawings of plans and elevations for gate

Beverly Hills High School (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1966-1969
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 5
Scope and content:

30 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for additions and alterations to school.

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Scope and content:

30 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for additions and alterations to school.

Beverly Hills El Rodeo elementary school 605 Whittier Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1927, 1962
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 7
Scope and content:

Reprographic copies of drawings of plans, elevations, sections, and details by architects John Austin, Fredric Ashley, and W. Asa Hudson (1927) and William Shinderman (1962)

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Scope and content:

Reprographic copies of drawings of plans, elevations, sections, and details by architects John Austin, Fredric Ashley, and W. Asa Hudson (1927) and William Shinderman (1962)

Beverly Hills Hawthorne Grammar School 624 N. Rexford Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1928-1929, 1934-1936, 1959-1960
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 9
Scope and content:

Reprographic copies of drawings of plans, sections, and details for alterations and additions to school by architects Austin, Ashley, & Hudson, and Flewelling, as well as Allison & Rible, and John Kewell and Associates.

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Scope and content:

Reprographic copies of drawings of plans, sections, and details for alterations and additions to school by architects Austin, Ashley, & Hudson, and Flewelling, as well as Allison & Rible, and John Kewell and Associates.

Beverly Hills Horace Mann School alterations (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1963
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 10
Scope and content:

Reprographic copies of drawings of plans, sections, and details for alterations to building by Honnold & Rex and Taylor & Taylor.

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Scope and content:

Reprographic copies of drawings of plans, sections, and details for alterations to building by Honnold & Rex and Taylor & Taylor.

Beverly Hills Unified School district proposed elementary school 255 S. Lasky Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1966
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 8
Scope and content:

One drawing of site plan for proposed school.

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Scope and content:

One drawing of site plan for proposed school.

Beverly Vista School (Beverly Hills, Calif.), circa 1925, circa 1961
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 6
Scope and content:

7 reprographic copies of drawings for plans, sections, and details for school building by Gable & Wyant, Francis Catton, and Maurice Fleischman.

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Scope and content:

7 reprographic copies of drawings for plans, sections, and details for school building by Gable & Wyant, Francis Catton, and Maurice Fleischman.

Boyd house pavillion addition (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1966
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 11
Scope and content:

7 drawings and sketches of pavillion for pool area. Also listed for Wolpe.

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Scope and content:

7 drawings and sketches of pavillion for pool area. Also listed for Wolpe.

Brazillian Room Restaurant #308 W. Pico Blvd. (West Los Angeles, Calif.), 1946
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 12
Scope and content:

13 drawings of site plan, plot plans, and renderings

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13 drawings of site plan, plot plans, and renderings

Brentwood Country Mart Corp. store San Vincente Blvd. & 26th St. (West Los Angeles, Calif.), undated
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 13
Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plans.

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Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plans.

Brewer, James house 20th St. (Santa Monica, Calif.), 1971
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 14
Scope and content:

One drawing of addition

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Scope and content:

One drawing of addition

Brown Derby Restaurant #4 9535 Wilshire Blvd. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1938, 1946
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 15-16
Scope and content:

3 drawings of details and alterations

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Scope and content:

3 drawings of details and alterations

Brown Derby Restaurant #2 1628 N. Vine St. (Hollywood, Calif.), 1945, 1950
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile
Scope and content:

4 drawings of plans and sections

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Scope and content:

4 drawings of plans and sections

Chandler, Norman house alterations 455 S. Lorraine Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1955
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 17
Scope and content:

47 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

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Scope and content:

47 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

Coca-Cola Company plant (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1960
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 18
Scope and content:

2 drawings of plans, sections, and details for alterations to plant

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Scope and content:

2 drawings of plans, sections, and details for alterations to plant

Cyclone Fence (Waukegan, Ill.), 1954
Containers:
Drawer 495, FlatFile 19
Scope and content:

8 copies of drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for fence.

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Scope and content:

8 copies of drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for fence.

DeMille, C.B. stone house 2010 Demille Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1962
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 20
Scope and content:

3 drawings of floor plan and site plan for alterations

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Scope and content:

3 drawings of floor plan and site plan for alterations

Dockweiler, Judge & Mrs. George house 4907 W. 1st St. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1959
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 21
Scope and content:

34 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations

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34 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations

Drown, Joseph / Bel Air Hotel 701 Stone Canyon Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.), 1971
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 22
Scope and content:

25 drawings of floor plans and elevations for preliminary studies for bungalows

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Scope and content:

25 drawings of floor plans and elevations for preliminary studies for bungalows

Emett, E.L. store (Pasadena, Calif.), 1947
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 23
Scope and content:

4 drawings of floor plan and elevations

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Scope and content:

4 drawings of floor plan and elevations

Feasibility Study for conversion of office building to college use (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1971
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 24
Scope and content:

3 drawings of floor plans

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Scope and content:

3 drawings of floor plans

Harper, Cecilia DeMille / Brown Derby Restaurant #2 (Hollywood, Calif.), 1961
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 26
Scope and content:

3 drawings of plans for alterations

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Scope and content:

3 drawings of plans for alterations

Henry, William stone building (Santa Monica, Calif.), circa 1926, 1945
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 27
Scope and content:

22 blueprints of plans, sections, elevations, and details for stone buildling by Henry F. Withey

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22 blueprints of plans, sections, elevations, and details for stone buildling by Henry F. Withey

Hollywood State Bank 6801 Santa Monica Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1953-1954
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 28
Scope and content:

28 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details

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Scope and content:

28 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details

Holmby Building / Janss Investment Corp. (West Los Angeles, Calif.), undated
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 29
Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plans and sections

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Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plans and sections

Janss Investment Corp. / Sears Roebuck Co. service station (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1947
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 30
Scope and content:

14 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details

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Scope and content:

14 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details

Kerr's Warehouse 3712 W. Jefferson (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1958
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 31
Scope and content:

3 drawings of plans, sections, and elevations

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Scope and content:

3 drawings of plans, sections, and elevations

Landcaster Development / Growth Enterprises Inc. (Lancaster, Calif.), 1966
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 25
Scope and content:

One drawing of site plan

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Scope and content:

One drawing of site plan

Langham Apartment Hotel 715 S. Normandie (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1939, 1940
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 32
Scope and content:

11 drawings of floor plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations.

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Scope and content:

11 drawings of floor plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations.

Lewis, Harry / Hamburger Hamlet 369 Bedford Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1955
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 33
Scope and content:

7 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

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Scope and content:

7 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

Lipper, Milton store 1523 Vine St. (Hollywood, Calif.), 1960
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 34
Scope and content:

3 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations

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Scope and content:

3 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations

Los Angeles School District Crenshaw High School (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1962-1967
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 35-36
Scope and content:

80 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for school

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Scope and content:

80 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for school

Los Angeles Unified School District / Mathematical Demonstration Centers (Beverly Hills & Los Angeles, Calif.), 1967
Containers:
Drawer 494, FlatFile 37
Scope and content:

35 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for centers in Pacoima, Edison, Belvedere Junior high schools

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35 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for centers in Pacoima, Edison, Belvedere Junior high schools

Los Angeles Times Mirror buildings expansion study 202 W. First St./ 110 S. Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1955, 1959
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 57A
Scope and content:

Job number 466

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Scope and content:

Job number 466

Los Angeles Times Mirror buildings alterations 110 S. Broadway (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1958-1961
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 56B, Drawer 492, FlatFile 56A
Scope and content:

Job numbers 520, 538

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Scope and content:

Job numbers 520, 538

Los Angeles Times Mirror buildings newspaper plant alterations 202 W. First St. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1945-1952
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 49, Drawer 492, FlatFile 57B
Scope and content:

Job numbers 255, 466, 476, 627

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Scope and content:

Job numbers 255, 466, 476, 627

Los Angeles Times Mirror Press kitchen alterations (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1957
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 54
Los Angeles Times Mirror Press new programmers room 1115 S. Boyle (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1973
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 60
Scope and content:

Job number 659-K

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Scope and content:

Job number 659-K

Los Angeles Times Mirror Press administration building alterations 1115 S. Boyle (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1972-1973
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 61, Drawer 492, FlatFile 58, Drawer 492, FlatFile 59
Scope and content:

Job number 659

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Scope and content:

Job number 659

Los Angeles Times Mirror Press telephone directory plant 1115 S. Boyle (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1949, 1959, 1964, 1973-1974
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 52
Scope and content:

Job numbers 341, 600, 659

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Scope and content:

Job numbers 341, 600, 659

Los Angeles Times Mirror Press telephone directory plant additions 1115 S. Boyle (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1957
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 57
Scope and content:

Job number 512

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Job number 512

Los Angeles Times Mirror Press truck maintenance garage 1215 Factory Pl. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1957, 1962
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 55
Scope and content:

Job numbers 499, 579

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Job numbers 499, 579

Los Angeles Times Mirror Press usability study Bauchet St. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1956
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 53
Scope and content:

Job number 466; usability study for Gladding, McBean & Co. building.

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Scope and content:

Job number 466; usability study for Gladding, McBean & Co. building.

Los Angeles Times Mirror Press 146 1/2 S. Doheny Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1948
Containers:
Drawer 492, FlatFile 50
Scope and content:

Job number 341; preliminary drawings

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Job number 341; preliminary drawings

Martin, William house 711 Ocampo Dr. (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), 1963
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 39
Scope and content:

9 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations

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9 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations

Medent Medical Corp. offices (Tucson, Ariz.), 1946
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 40
Scope and content:

20 drawings and sketches of floor plans and elevations

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20 drawings and sketches of floor plans and elevations

Murrell Brothers / Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. offices 600-610 S. Harvard Blvd. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1957
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 41-41B
Scope and content:

18 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details. Flat file 41B includes 4 copies of drawings for the building by Welton Beckett and Associates

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18 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details. Flat file 41B includes 4 copies of drawings for the building by Welton Beckett and Associates

Nall, Herbert house 1439 Stone Canyon Rd. (Bel Air, Calif.), 1972
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 42
Scope and content:

7 drawings of various floor plan schemes

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7 drawings of various floor plan schemes

Rancho Santa Anita Inc. store 1109-1125 W. Huntington Dr. (Arcadia, Calif.), undated
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 43
Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plans

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Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plans

Rips, I. house addition (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1971
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile
Scope and content:

One drawing of plans and sections for house addition

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Scope and content:

One drawing of plans and sections for house addition

San Gabriel Country Club 411 E. Las Tunas Dr. (San Gabriel, Calif.), 1954-1964
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 44
Scope and content:

70 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations and additions to club building

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70 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details for alterations and additions to club building

Santa Anita Park (Arcadia, Calif.), 1971-1972
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 45
Scope and content:

22 drawings of plans, sections, and elevations for alterations and additions to racetrack

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22 drawings of plans, sections, and elevations for alterations and additions to racetrack

Schiff, Dorothy office 775 N. Vine St. (Hollywood, Calif.), 1954
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 47
Scope and content:

25 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details

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25 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details

Sears Roebuck and Co. store and gas station 3rd St. & Colorado (Santa Monica, Calif.), undated
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 46
Scope and content:

6 drawings of floor plans and sections

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Scope and content:

6 drawings of floor plans and sections

Souther California Development Inc. manufacturing building 424 S. Beverly Dr. (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1951
Containers:
Drawer 493, FlatFile 48
Scope and content:

11 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

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Scope and content:

11 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

Unidentified commerical building elevation, undated
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 62
Los Angeles Country Club 10101 Wilshire Blvd. (Los Angeles,Calif.), 1958-1971
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 67, Drawer 494, FlatFile 37
Scope and content:

11 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

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Scope and content:

11 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, and details.

Unidentified fifth floor plan, undated
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 64
Unidentified office building floor plan, undated
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 63
Unidentified painting of country scene, undated
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 65
Union Federal Savings and Loan Association S. Spring St. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1963
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 68
Scope and content:

One drawing of plans for lobby desk, 7 reprographic copies of plans for security sytem from Diebold.

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One drawing of plans for lobby desk, 7 reprographic copies of plans for security sytem from Diebold.

University Religious Conference club building 900 Hilgard Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.), undated
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 69
Scope and content:

4 drawings of floor plans.

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4 drawings of floor plans.

Warner Avenue School 615 Holmby Ave. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1955-1957
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 70
Scope and content:

7 drawings of plans, sections, and elevations

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7 drawings of plans, sections, and elevations

Willey, Walter house 1166 Linda Flora Dr. (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1972
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 71
Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plan schemes

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Scope and content:

2 drawings of floor plan schemes

Wood Information Bureau project, circa 1958
Containers:
Drawer 491, FlatFile 66