Architectural design portfolio, Dana Somes, A. B., architect, Boston, Mass., 1931

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Date

1931

GUSN

GUSN-359898

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Architectural design portfolio, Dana Somes, A. B., architect, Boston, Mass., 1931
(current record)

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        Architectural design portfolio, Dana Somes, A. B., architect, Boston, Mass., 1931 (current record)

Description

Portfolio for Dana Somes, architect, distributed by the Board of Zoning Adjustment. The first half of the portfolio contains photographs of the exteriors and interiors of buildings the architect worked on, for example the Metropolitan Storage House in Cambridge, a shop on 73 Chestnut Street in Beacon Hill, and of apartments on Beacon Hill. The latter pages contain names of contractors, builders, and interior decorators from the area.

Details

Descriptive Terms

architects
photographs
presentation drawings (proposals)
printed ephemera
portfolios (groups of works)

Physical Descrption

1 portfolio : illustrations ; 8 x 10 1/4 inches

Collection Code

EP001

Collection Name

Ephemera collection

Reference Code

EP001.01.007.01.01.004

Credit Line

Purchased 2014

Places

Beacon Hill (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Somes, Dana (Architect)

Material Type

printed ephemera
portfolios (groups of works)

Other People

Somes, Dana

Description Level

Item

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