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Price's renderings, circa 1930s until his death in 1962, of designs by Warren and Wetmore, Benjamin Wistar Morris, III, and others; for the Hartford National Bank, Hartford, Conn. and the General Motors Building, New York City, designed by Shreve & Lamb; and other buildings. Also, eight photographs, undated, circa 1930s-1940s, showing the interior and exterior of Union Square Station, Toronto, Ontario (Price's relation to these is unclear).
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Chester B.Price architectural renderings and papers. Located in the Dept. of Drawings & Archives, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.
Source of acquisition--Various gifts. Accession number--1000.019, 1967.002, 1973.009.
Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
Architect, architectural renderer. Price was born in Kansas City, Mo. He lived in New York from 1910.