Iron work of Sir Francis Drake Hotel, S.F.
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Title: Beauty in Iron: Hotel Sir Francis Drake, San Francisco
Place Published: San Francisco
Publisher:Weeks & Day, Architects and Engineers
Date Published: 1929
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23, [1] pp. Illustrated from photographs throughout. 31.3x23.7 cm (12?x9?"), decorative wrappers.
Printed statement on front endpaper verso reads: "This brochure is dedicated to Messrs. Weeks & Day, Masters of the use of Ornamental Iron," and indeed they outdid themselves on the stunning details of San Francisco's Sir Francis Drake Hotel, built in 1928, as proven by the striking array of photographs. OCLC locates only three copies, at California State University Sacramento; University of California Berkeley; and the San Francisco Public Library.
Weeks and Day was an American architectural firm founded in 1916, by architect C.P. Weeks and engineer W.P. Day. Their architectural works included Loew's State Theater, L.A,. Mark Hopkins Hotel, S.F., Fox Oakland Theater, and many more.
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