Willis Polk scrapbooks

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Willis Polk scrapbooks

1908-1924

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Five scrapbooks of clippings documenting Polk's career and many important Bay Area events during his time in San Francisco. Subjects of the clippings include the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, the San Francisco civic center, and his partnership with D.H. Burnham and the subsequent establishment of his own firm in San Francisco.

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Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco, Calif.)

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Panama-Pacific Exposition held in San Francisco, Cal. in 1915, where Illinois had a visitors' building. From the description of Register of visitors, Feb. 1915-Dec. 1915. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49393876 History of the Panama Pacific International Exposition San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915. Officials from the Exposition printed postcards for the ...

D.H. Burnham & Co.

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Polk, Willis, 1867-1924

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San Francisco architect. From the description of Willis Polk scrapbooks, 1908-1924. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122443996 From the description of Willis Polk scrapbooks, 1908-1924 [microform]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 227512039 Architect Willis Polk designed numerous commercial buildings in San Francisco and large residential estates throughout the Bay Area. He headed Chicago architect Daniel Burnham's San Fr...