Bernard R. Maybeck architectural drawings, 1939-1940.

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Bernard R. Maybeck architectural drawings, 1939-1940.

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Contains copies of architectural drawings by Maybeck, done in collaboration with Julia Morgan for Mrs. A.H. Darbee. Consists principally of site plans developed for Western Hills (under Memorial City Corporation), a proposed cemetery in San Mateo County. Also contains undated drawings for the Panama Pacific International Exposition lagoon and a plan for the Palace of Fine Arts drawn in pastel.

3 oversize folders, 4 tubes (5.5 linear ft.)Selection of 3 drawings for Western Hills Cemetary : negatives (MNEG 00-181, 00-182, 00-183, 00-186) and positive.

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Morgan, Julia, 1872-1957

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Born in San Francisco, Julia Morgan (1872-1957) grew up in Oakland in a spacious Victorian house. Gifted in mathematics and encouraged in her studies by her mother, Morgan was influenced to become an architect by her mother's cousin, Pierre Le Brun, who designed an early skyscraper, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Tower in Manhattan. In 1890, she enrolled in the undergraduate civil engineering program at the University of California at Berkeley, in part because there were no architectural school...

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 ...

Darbee, Mrs. A. H.

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Maybeck, Bernard R.

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Bernard Ralph Maybeck (1869-1957) studied architecture at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Returning to New York, he worked for Carrere and Hastings. Maybeck sought his fortune out West in 1890, first in Kansas City, then in San Francisco. In 1890, Maybeck married Annie White, who became his office manager. In 1894 Maybeck became an instructor of descriptive geometry for the University of California, Berkeley. From 1896-1899 he orchestrated the Phoebe Hearst International Competition for the U...

Memorial City Corporation.

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