Papers, 1925-1989.

University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum

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Franklin D. Roosevelt announced donation of his papers and land for a library in December 1938; fund raising and official approval commenced 1939; building was finished by summer 1940. The organization was dissolved in 1960. From the description of Records, 1938-1947. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523111 Collecting area: Materials relating to the Roosevelt presidential administration and the Roosevelt family. Records of governmental agencies and ...

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...

White House (Washington, D.C.)

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White House, formerly Executive Mansion (1810–1902), the official office and residence of the president of the United States at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W. in Washington, D.C. The White House and its landscaped grounds occupy 18 acres (7.2 hectares). Since the administration of George Washington (1789–97), who occupied presidential residences in New York and Philadelphia, every American president has resided at the White House. Originally called the “President’s Palace” on early maps, the buil...

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (U.S.)

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Free to Dance: The African-American Presence in Modern Dance was a three-part television documentary co-produced by the American Dance Festival and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in association with Thirteen/WNET New York. The series aired on PBS' Great Performances: Dance in America in 2001 and won an Emmy for Outstanding Cultural and Artistic Programming-Long Form. It chronicled the role of African-American choreographers and dancers in the development of moder...

McShain, Mary Horstmann, 1907-1998.

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Philadelphia (Pa.). Housing Authority.

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McShain, Pauline, 1927-

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Lescaze, William, 1896-1969

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Correspondence to Lewis Mumford from William Lescaze and his wife, Mary Lescaze. From the description of Letters, 1932-1962, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871458 William Lescaze (1896-1969) was a Swiss-born American architect, known as one of the pioneers in modernism in American architecture. Born March 27, 1896 in Geneva, Switzerland, Lescaze studied architecture at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale i...

Stone, Edward Durell

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Edward Durell Stone (1902-1978) was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He attended the University of Arkansas from 1920 to 1923, then moved to Boston to take courses at the Boston Architectural Club, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1927, he was awarded the Rotch Scholarship, which enabled him to travel and study architecture in Europe from 1927 to 1929. On his return from Europe in 1929, Stone worked with several architectural firms in New York before establish...

Jackson, Lasley & Parkinson.

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John McShain, Inc.

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Trans-Lux Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Associated General Contractors of America

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The Associated General Contractors of America was founded in 1918 as a trade organization dedicated furthering the interests of the construction industry, and maintaining dialogue between contractors, property owners, and government. From the description of Associated General Contractors of America ledger, 1945-1955. (California State Library). WorldCat record id: 773723382 ...

Villanova University. Falvey Memorial Library

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Hotel Traymore Company.

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United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Annenberg, Walter H., 1908-2002

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Trenton Bus Terminal Company, Inc.

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George A. Fuller Company

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The George A. Fuller Co. was founded in Chicago in 1882 by C.E. Clark and George A. Fuller and soon became one of the leading general contractors in the construction industry. Beginning in 1914 the George A. Fuller Co. managed the construction of a new residence for Samuel Insull at Hawthorn Farm in Libertyville, IL. The residence at Hawthorn Farm was designed by Benjamin Marshall of Marshall and Fox and the gardens were designed by noted landscape architect Jens Jensen. From the des...

La Salle College

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McShain Company, Inc.

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Municipal Court Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Trenton Philadelphia Coach Company.

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Potts and Callahan Contracting Company.

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Saint Joseph's College (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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National Archives Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Catholic University of America

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The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops.[7] Established in 1887 as a graduate and research center following approval by Pope Leo XIII on Easter Sunday,[8] the university began offering undergraduate education in 1904. The university's campus lies within the Brookland n...

Capital City Transit Company (Trenton, N.J.)

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Philadelphia Pigeonhole Parking, Inc.

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Killarney Estates, Inc.

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Union league of Philadelphia

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Founded in 1862 as a patriotic society to support the Union and the policies of President Abraham Lincoln, the Union League of Philadelphia laid the philosophical foundation of other Union Leagues across a nation torn by Civil War. From its founding to the present, the League has been a leading civic organization and has played an important role in the history of our country and the City of Philadelphia. Over the past 150 years, this service has ranged from raising troops during the...

Mari Limited, Inc.

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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the son of James (lawyer, financier) and Sara (Delano) Roosevelt. He married Anna Eleanor Roosevelt on March 17, 1905, and had six children: Anna, James, Franklin, Elliott, Franklin Jr., John. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1904 and later attended Columbia University Law School. Roosevelt was admitted to the Bar in 1907 and worked for the Carter, Ledyard, and Milburn firm in New York City from 1907 to 19...

Philadelphia Transportation Company

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The Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) was incorporated in Pennsylvania on January 1, 1940, by the merger of all the bus, streetcar and subway companies in the city of Philadelphia, with suburban routes extending to Doylestown in Bucks County and Chester and Media in Delaware County. On September 30, 1968, it sold all its assets to the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) a public agency and went into liquidation. Philadelphia's first horse-d...

Pennsylvania Power & Light Company.

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John McShain Charities, Inc.

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Ambassador Hotel (Atlantic City, N.J.)

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McCloskey, Matthew H. (Matthew Henry), 1893-1973

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Capital Court Corporation.

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Barclay Hotel (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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O'Hara, John Francis, 1888-1960

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Philadelphia Hospitality Center (Pa.)

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O'Boyle, Patrick, 1896-1987

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Municipal Services Building (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Monument Motors, Inc.

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Georgian Court College

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Beneficial Mutual Savings Bank (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Parkway Plaza Parking, Inc.

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Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary (Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pa.)

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National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington, D.C.)

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Among the ten largest churches in the world, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception has been a prominent site of Roman Catholic worship honoring Mary, the patroness of the United States, since the 1920s. After securing the support of Pope Pius X in 1913, Bishop Thomas J. Shahan, the fourth rector of the Catholic University of America, launched a fundraising campaign that culminated in the laying of the cornerstone on September 23, 1920. The crypt opened for services in ...

Georgetown University. Institute of Languages and Linguistics

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Beneficial Saving Fund Society of Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team)

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William Penn Memorial Museum

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Central High School (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Keast, W. R. Morton (William Richard Morton), 1888-1973

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McShain-Carrier Air Conditioning Corporation.

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Atlantic City Transportation Company.

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Claridge Hotel (Atlantic City, N.J.)

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St. John Ambulance Association

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Religious order, Roman Catholic Church. From the description of Legal claim, 1590 June 19. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122637228 From the guide to the Knights of Malta legal claim, 1590, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) The group known as the Knights of Malta was established in Jerusalem in 1048. The Order's original duties were to care for sick and wounded Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land and to assist the poor. But soon after, their duties expanded to incl...

Kenmar Steel Corporation.

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Lake's Bay Corporation.

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Holiday Inn (Atlantic City, N.J.)

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Sedgewick Designers and Distributors, Inc.

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Harbeson, Hough, Livingston & Larson, Architects

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National Museum of History and Technology

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Presidential Golf Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Millbourne Motors, Inc.

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Lo-Temp Metals, Inc.

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Library of Congress John Adams Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Indiana Limestone Company, Inc.

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Buckley, William F., Jr., 1925-2008

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Epithet: jr of the National Review British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001186.0x000169 William F. Buckley, Jr. was born in 1925 and graduated from Yale University in 1950. In 1955 he founded the magazine The National Review. He also wrote a nationally syndicated column and hosted the weekly television show Firing Line from 1966 through 1999. In 1965 Buckley ran unsuccessfully as the Conservative Party candidate for...

United States. General Services Administration

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John Wanamaker's Department Store (Wilmington, Del.)

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Dept. of State Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Temple University

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In 1961, Temple University awarded Carl Zigrosser an honorary Doctorate of Letters. From the description of Correspondence with Carl Zigrosser, 1961. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155899492 ...

Ross Castle Estate, Ltd.

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Naval Hospital, Bethesda

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Eggers & Higgins

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Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

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The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) was created on February 17, 1964, by Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties under a 1963 act that permitted counties to organize such authorities and acquire the assets of private transportation companies. SEPTA was created in response to a growing crisis in urban mass transit. Commuter rail lines were suffering from operating losses that freight income could no longer offset, combined...

Fairmount Auto Rental Corp.

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Sedgewick Farms Development Company, Inc.

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Park Plaza Hotel (New Haven, Conn.)

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Dept. of Justice Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Philadelphia (Pa.). Zoning Board.

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Smith, Clothiel Woodard, 1910-

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Trans-Lux Washington Corporation.

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Harbour Square (Washington, D.C.)

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Blair House (Washington, D.C.)

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Draper, Dorothy, 1889-1969

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Naval Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Jenkintown Ford, Inc.

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Kling, Vincent G. (Vincent George), 1916-

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Król, John J. (John Joseph), 1910-1996

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Germantown Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.

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Bethlehem Steel Corporation

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The Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company, formed in Pennsylvania during the 1840's moved to a West Seneca, N.Y. site in 1899. Steelmaking began in 1903 and by 1909 the City of Lackawanna had been established around the steel plant. Purchased by Bethlehem Steel in 1922, the facility expanded until employment reached over 20,000 in the mid - 1950's. Decline in the 1970's led to the closing of the Lackawanna Plant in 1983. From the description of Bethlehem Steel Corporation photographs, 194...

14th and H Street Corporation (Washington, D.C.)

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Walther Manufacturing Company, Inc.

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Trenton Transit Company.

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Internal Revenue Service Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Longfellow Building (Washington, D.C.)

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McShain, John, 1898-1989

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John McShain was a Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., -based building contractor, whose firm, John McShain, Inc., was by 1950 the fiftieth largest construction firm in the United States, with contracts in excess of $100,000,000. John McShain was born in Philadelphia on December 21, 1898, the son of immigrants from County Derry, Ireland. His father was a carpenter with a small business and well established as a builder of Catholic churches, schools, rectories and convents...

Pennsylvania Railroad

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The Pennsylvania Railroad Company was the largest railroad in the United States in terms of corporate assets and traffic from the last quarter of the nineteenth century until the decline of the northeast's and midwest's dominance of manufacturing, caused by the evolution of the interstate highway system and the advancements in air transportation. Originally created by Philadelphia merchants in 1846, it sought to build a trunk route from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh via the Allegheny Mountains to c...

Dept. of Housing and Urban Development Building (Washington, D.C.)

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Philadelphia Gardens, Inc.

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Holiday Inn (City Line Ave., Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Rosemont College

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Kahn, Albert, 1869-1942

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Architect, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. From the description of Albert Kahn papers, 1888-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122594234 From the description of Albert Kahn papers, 1888-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 744425614 Albert Kahn and Cass Gilbert were both prominent architects. From the description of Albert Kahn business correspondence, 1908-1927 (bulk 1908-1909). (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 712650461 Alb...

O'Brien, Vincent

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General Building Contractors Association, Inc. (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Keyes, Lethbridge and Condon (Firm)

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Cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Columbia Plaza (Washington, D.C.)

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Atlantic City Ambassador Hotel Corporation.

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