Construction of airplane hangar and workers' housing / Hugh Ferriss, 1945

Summary Information

At a Glance

Bib ID:
10160938 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962
Repository:
Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Physical Description:
5 drawings
Language(s):
English .
Access:

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Description

Scope and content

The drawings are of the construction of an airplane hanger, as part of WWII war effots.

Publication Date

1942-1945

Title supplied by cataloger

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

This collection is available for use by appointment in the Department of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University. For further information and to make an appointment, please email avery-drawings@library.columbia.edu.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Bernard Smitherman. Method of acquisition--Purchased;; Date of acquisition--2013.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Biographical / Historical

Ferriss (1889-1962) was born in St. Louis, Mo. and practiced as an architectural renderer in New York City.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Air transportation buildings CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architectural drawings -- American CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Perspective views (images) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Airplanes, Military CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID