Samuel Gottscho American architecture : photographs and negatives, circa 1925-1939.

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Samuel Gottscho American architecture : photographs and negatives, circa 1925-1939.

Approximately 30,000 negatives and prints of buildings primarily on the East Coast, designed by various architects, including the Baltimore Museum of Art, Constitution Hall and the National Archives Building in Washington, D.C., and several churches and houses, all designed by John Pope Russell; four houses by Electus D. Litchfield; houses and other projects by Grosvenor Atterbury; houses by Peabody, Wilson & Brown; the John Ringling mansion in Sarasota, Florida, among other houses, churches, and office buildings designed by Dwight James Baum; numerous houses and apartment buildings in Miami Beach, Florida, especially those by Russell T. Pancoast and Robert Law Weed; many other houses throughout Florida by architects such as John L. Volk and Treanor and Fatio; and many houses and estates located in suburbs of New York City, particulary Greenwich, Conn., Montclair, N.J., and Mt. Kisco, Locust Valley, Oyster Bay, and South Hampton, N.Y.

approximately 30,000 negatives and prints.

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John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida. Florida State University assumed governance of the museum in 2000....

Gottscho, Samuel H. (Samuel Herman), 1875-1971

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Samuel Henry Gottscho was an architectural photographer also known for his photographs of flowers and gardens. With his son-in-law, William H. Schleisner, he established the firm of Gottscho-Schleisner in New York City. From the description of Quarry Farm, Greenwich, Connecticut : Residence of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker Bagley, 1939. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122568234 Architectural photographer in New York City. Gottscho was also know...

Litchfield, Electus D. (Electus Darwin), 1872-1952

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Well known in the field of architecture, Litchfield began his career at the firm of Carrere and Hastings, where he worked until 1908. Over the following 42 years he worked at a number of firms as well as founding his own, Litchfield and Rogers, but spent most of his career in private practice. A versatile designer, Litchfield was responsible for numerous public buildings, monuments, and private residences. Throughout his career he advocated historic preservation and urged the construction of par...

Treanor & Fatio

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Pancoast, Russell T. (Russell Thorn), 1899-1972

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Baltimore museum of art

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Volk, John L.

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Constitution Hall (Washington, D.C.)

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Weed, Robert Law

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Russell, John Pope.

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Peabody, Wilson & Brown.

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Atterbury, Grosvenor

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Grosvenor Atterbury (1869-1956) was an architect who developed a prefabrication system to provide adequate housing for the poor. From the description of Grosvenor Atterbury papers, 1925-1951. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 74897746 Grosvenor Atterbury (1869-1956) was a New York City architect, urban planner and writer. A graduate of Columbia University's School of Architecture, he worked in the office of McKim, Mead & White before opening his own pract...

Baum, Dwight James, 1886-1939

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Dwight James Baum (1886-1939) was an award-winning American architect and writer on architecture. Much of his work was done in Florida; he also designed several buildings for Syracuse University. Born in Little Falls, New York, Baum graduated from Syracuse University in 1909 and almost immediately began a steady rise in reputation and respect in his chosen field. He specialized in country homes and institutional work; among other things he designed Syracuse Memorial Hosp...

National Archives (Washington, D.C.)

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