Walk Over Store, Boston, Mass.

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Collection Type

  • Architecture

Date

1937

GUSN

GUSN-334396

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Description

Extremely fragile - all drawings are torn, some significantly. Some drawings have tape that has adhered to another part of a drawing.

20 architectural drawings, alterations included, for the Walk Over shoe store in Boston, Massachusetts (commission I-102). Some drawings are dated and signed by Royal Barry Wills and Hugh "Stubbie" Stubbins.

Details

Descriptive Terms

department stores
shopping
shoes (footwear)
orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)

Physical Descrption

20 architectural drawings: pencil on trace

Collection Code

AR029

Collection Name

Royal Barry Wills Associates architectural collection, 1925-2013 (bulk 1920s-1980)

Date of Acquisition

11/1/13

Reference Code

AR029.04.04.I-102

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Wills, Royal Barry, 1895-1962 (Architect)

Material Type

orthographic projections (images)
plans (orthographic projections)
elevations (orthographic projections)
detail drawings (drawings)

Subjects

House

Description Level

File part

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