John Galen Howard collection of progress photographs [graphic]. ca. 1905-1910.

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John Galen Howard collection of progress photographs [graphic]. ca. 1905-1910.

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Volume 1 contains projects at the University of California, Berkeley, where Howard was University Architect from 1903 to 1927: Doe Library, Sather Tower, Agriculture Hall (now Wellman Hall), Hearst Mining Building, roads and walks, Chemistry Auditorium, Boalt Hall (now Durant Hall), bridge on Campanile Way, Architecture Building addition (now North Gate Hall), Fertilizer Control Building, tennis courts, Zoology Museum, Pathology and Hygiene Building, Infirmary Annex, Sather Gate, President's House road. Volume 1 also contains construction photographs of the dormitory at Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton. Volume 2 contains primarily buildings in San Francisco, Berkeley and Seattle, some of which reflect Howard's partnership with J.D. Galloway. In San Francisco: Italian American Bank, Security Building, Levi Strauss Building, Adam Grant Building, Fremont Building, Easton Building, Continental Building and Loan Building (also shows Mitchell's Restaurant before demolition), J.D. Galloway House, Eddy Building, Third and Stevenson Building, theater and store building for Claus Spreckels. In Berkeley: Berkeley National Bank, Berkeley storefronts, 1909, First National Bank, chairs for the Greek Theatre, panorama of Berkeley. Seattle photographs show construction of buildings at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition: Agriculture Building, Auditorium, Administration Building, Bandstand, Cascade Court, Chemistry Building, Engineering Building, Fire Station, Fisheries Building, Hospital, Manufactures Building, Mines Building, Music Pavilion, Power House, California Building, Rainier Subway, DAR Monument, Oregon and Washington Buildings, entrance gates. Buildings in other locations in volume 2: Denver Post Office (drawings only), Santa Rosa Bank, Honolulu competition: drawings of Post Office, Customs House and Court House, Oakland YMCA Building (drawings only), and a pumping plant, Oakland.

2 v. in 4 (822 photographic prints) : b&w ; 43 cm.

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