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Hugh Ferriss architectural drawings and papers, 1906-1980, bulk 1918-1960

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Hugh Ferriss (1889-1962) was an architectural renderer known for his vision of the modern city and his ability to translate vast projects into dramatic but clear-cut images. Ferriss published two books: The Metropolis of Tomorrow (1929) and Power of Buildings (1953). The collection was donated to Avery Library by Ferriss' family after his death, and has been supplemented by several later additions from other sources. 363 original drawings in the collection have been photographed and digitized and can be viewed via links in the finding aid's container listing.

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Bib ID 3460585 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962
Title Hugh Ferriss architectural drawings and papers, 1906-1980, bulk 1918-1960
Physical Description 440 drawings; 7 manuscript boxes; 6 print boxes; 1 item (4-flap); 2 boxes (small)
Language(s) English .
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Summary

This collection includes Ferriss' architectural renderings of buildings by various architects, circa 1918-1960, including variant designs for the United Nations buildings; the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C.; Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Rockefeller Center in New York; La Guardia Airport in New York; National Airport in Washington, D.C.; the New York Times Building in New York; the 1939-1940 and 1964-1965 World's Fairs in New York; the Chicago Tribune Tower; Hoover Dam; and three Frank Lloyd Wright projects including Fallingwater in Bear Run, Pa., Taliesin West in Scottsdale, Arizona, and the Johnson Wax Administration Building in Racine, Wisconsin.

Also included are Ferriss' renderings of imaginary buildings, circa 1920s-1930s, some of which were published in THE METROPOLIS OF TOMORROW (published 1929) and POWER IN BUILDINGS (published 1953). Also included are Ferriss' drawings, 1941, of important buildings in the United States, done as a result of a nation-wide tour sponsored by a Brunner grant from the Architectural League of New York; and related correspondence.

The collection also contains a small collection of archival material include some correspondence with architects and others; talks, including radio talks, and speeches on architecture; photographs of drawings; clippings; a job book, 1922-1961, listing jobs Ferriss undertook; a scrapbook, 1910s-1930s, containing clippings of articles about Ferriss and his work, including reviews of his books; and programs, reviews, catalogs, and correspondence, circa 1920s-1980, relating to exhibits of his work. Also, some personal material including high school yearbook, 1906; undated student work done at Washington University in Saint Louis, Mo., which he attended 1906-1911; and correspondence, diplomas, and photographs.

  • Series I: Architectural Drawings

    This series contains over 400 original architectural renderings of buildings by various architects, dating from 1918 to 1960. Drawings are arranged alphabetically using project name. The name of the associated architect for the project can be found in the notes field under the project name.

    The drawing collection was acquired in three accessions. The first accession from Ferriss's family acquired by Avery after his death is the largest (1000.001); followed by accessions in 1978 (1978.002), 1985 (1985.001), and 1987 (1987.005).

    Each project was catalogued separately in the online catalog. This finding aid provides a link to each project's associated record. Sheet level description can be found in these project-level records.

    363 original drawings in the collection have been photographed and digitized and can be viewed online. Access to digital images is provided in this finding aid. The full digital collection can also be viewed directly here.

  • Series II: Archival Materials

    This series consists of a small collection of correspondence with architects and others; talks, including radio talks, and speeches on architecture; photographs of drawings; clippings; job book and listings; records related to the exhibition of Ferriss' work; and some personal material. The collection is divided into sub-series based on each box of this archival collection. History of this inventory is unknown, but likely dates from the 1980s, if not earlier.

Using the Collection

Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

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--Various gifts and purchases.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library

Processing Information

The drawings were catalogued by Project AVIADOR staff with grant funding from the Getty Foundation in the 1980s. The archival material was likely inventoried by archives staff in the 1980s. Shelley Hayreh, Avery Archivist, edited and published the ArchivesSpace finding aid in 2021.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Architects Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Drawings (visual works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
architectural drawings (visual works) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"		 "CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"		 "Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Airport buildings -- New York (State) -- New York Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Airport buildings -- Washington (D.C.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architectural League of New York. Brunner Grant Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architectural rendering Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Exhibitions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- New York (State) -- New York Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- Study and teaching Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Architecture -- United States -- Designs and plans Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Buildings -- New York (State) -- New York Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Buildings -- United States Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Centers for the performing arts -- New York (State) -- New York Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
City planning Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dams -- Arizona Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dams -- Nevada Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fallingwater (Pa.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ferriss, Hugh, 1889-1962 (Title of work: Power in buildings.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Johnson Wax. Administration Building Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
La Guardia Airport Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Monuments -- Washington (D.C.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
New York Times Building (New York, N.Y. : 43rd Street) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
New York World's Fair (1964-1965 : New York, N.Y.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Office buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Office buildings -- New York (State) -- New York Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Office buildings -- Wisconsin -- Racine Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rockefeller Center Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Roosevelt, Franklin D (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 -- : Monuments Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Tribune Tower (Chicago, Ill.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United Nations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Washington National Airport Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Hugh Ferriss was born in St. Louis and trained in architecture at Washington University. He moved to New York in 1912 and lived and worked in the city for the remainder of his life. Ferriss worked briefly as an architect for Cass Gilbert before venturing into an independent practice as an architectural renderer in 1915.

Ferriss specialized in drawings visualizing future buildings and cities. He was one of the most sought-after architectural renderers in the first half of the 20th century. Outside his work as an architectural renderer, Ferriss was on the United Nations headquarters planning staff from 1947 to 1950 and served as a member of the New York City Art Commission from 1950 to 1953.

Ferriss died of cancer on January 28, 1962 at New York City's Presbyterian Hospital.

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Series I: Architectural Drawings

This series contains over 400 original architectural renderings of buildings by various architects, dating from 1918 to 1960. Drawings are arranged alphabetically using project name. The name of the associated architect for the project can be found in the notes field under the project name.

The drawing collection was acquired in three accessions. The first accession from Ferriss's family acquired by Avery after his death is the largest (1000.001); followed by accessions in 1978 (1978.002), 1985 (1985.001), and 1987 (1987.005).

Each project was catalogued separately in the online catalog. This finding aid provides a link to each project's associated record. Sheet level description can be found in these project-level records.

363 original drawings in the collection have been photographed and digitized and can be viewed online. Access to digital images is provided in this finding aid. The full digital collection can also be viewed directly here.


Item NYDA.1000.001.00079 100 Park Ave. (New York, N.Y.), [circa 1948]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper ; 72.2 x 56 cm (28 1/2 x 22 in.)

100 Park Ave / Kahn & Jacobs, Archts.

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Item NYDA.1978.002.00001 Apartment house, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on board ; 64.6 x 68 cm (25 3/8 x 26 5/8 in.)

[Low rental apartments in reinforced concrete] : [perspective drawing].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00028-.00029 Banco Popular de Puerto Rico (San Juan, P.R.). Central Office building, [circa 1961]

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2 drawings : graphite or crayon on tracing paper ; 60.7 x 49 cm (23 7/8 x 19 in.) or smaller.

BPPR Bank, Puerto Rico / Mr. Riley, Arch. ; [Hugh] Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00021 Barnard College (New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal[?] and graphite with green pencil on tracing paper ; 60.6 x 91 cm (23 7/8 x 35 7/8 in.)

Barnard College

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00153 Bell tower, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal and graphite on tracing paper ; 76.0 x 56 cm (30 x 22 in.)

Tower of chimes / Mr. Bell, Archt.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00022-.00027 Bombproof shelter (N.Y. and N.J.), [circa 1943]

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6 drawings : charcoal or crayon with chalk or crayon on paper ; 42.6 x 62 cm (16 5/8 x 23 7/8 in.) or smaller.

[Bombproof shelter] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00030 Brick Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.). Chapel of the Reformed Faith, [ca. 1952]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper, mounted on board ; 26.2 x 39 cm (10 3/8 x 15 1/4 in.)

[Chapel of brick, Presbyterian Church] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1987.004.00001 Buildings like mountains, [1924]

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1 drawing : charcoal and ink wash on paper, mounted on board ; 30.2 x 26 cm (11 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.)

[Buildings like mountains] : [mountainous landscape and cityscape] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00003 Box 11 Bus station (New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper, mounted on board ; 24.7 x 51 cm (9 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.)

[Bus terminal, New York] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00091 Cathedral of Mary Our Queen (Baltimore, Md.), [circa 1953]

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1 drawing : black crayon with color and white chalk on paper ; 68.8 x 98 cm (27 1/8 x 38 3/8 in.)

[Roman Catholic Cathedral].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00124 Cathedral of St. John the Divine (New York, N.Y.), [ca. 1938]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper, mounted on board ; 54.3 x 53 cm (21 3/8 x 20 1/2 in.)

St. John the Divine : [perspective rendering] / [Hugh Ferriss, renderer].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00304 Cherokee Dam (Tenn.), [before 1953]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 58.6 x 56 cm (23 1/8 x 22 in.)

[Study for Cherokee Dam].

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Item NYDA.1985.001.00001 Chicago Tribune Tower (Chicago, Ill.), 1927

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; 60.3 x 42 cm (23.3.4 x 16 1/2 in.)

[Chicago Tribune building] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00009 Box 11 Civic center (St. Louis, Mo.), 1950

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1 drawing : graphite and grey wash with white gouache on paper mounted on board ; 27.1 x 39 cm (10 3/4 x 15 3/8 in.)

[Proposed redevelopment of Civic center, Green river, St. Louis] : [aerial perspective view] / H.F.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00331 Columbia Broadcasting System Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper.

[Columbia Square, Los Angeles, Calif.] : [perspective view].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00032-.00034 Columbia University, [circa 1956]

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3 drawings : charcoal on tracing paper, some with color pencil ; 49.4 x 67 cm (19 1/2 x 26 1/4 in.) or smaller.

Columbia University

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00351 Connected Plazas., [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal, crayon, and chalk on paper ; 34.3 x 43 cm (13 1/2 x 16 3/4 in.)

Connected Plazas.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00354 Eastern Airlines Building, Rockefeller Center (New York, N.Y.), [1939]

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1 drawing : charcoal and pencil on board ; 50.5 x 50 cm (19 7/8 x 19 3/8 in.)

[Detail, Eastern Air Lines Building, Rockefeller Center] : [perspective rendering] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA87-F24 Empire State Building (New York, N.Y.), [1931]

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1 photo print ; approx. 39 1/2 x 19.

[The Empire State Building, 1931] / Hugh Ferriss, del.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00007 Box 11 Fallingwater (Bear Run, Pa.). Perspective drawings, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; sheet (visible)21.5 x 35 cm (8-1/2 x 13-1/4 in.), on board 31.8 x 44 cm (12-5/8 x 17-1/4 in.)

Fallingwater, Bear Run, Pa / Hugh Ferriss ; [Frank Lloyd Wright, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00031 First Presbyterian Church (Stamford, Conn.), [circa 1956]

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1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil with crayon on tracing paper, mounted on board ; 45.8 x 62 cm (18 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.)

[Church, Stanford [sic, i.e., Stamford], Connecticut].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00222-.00224 Foley Square (New York, N.Y.), 1959

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3 drawings : charcoal and graphite on tracing paper ; 49.2 x 83 cm (19 3/4 x 32 3/4 in.) or smaller.

[26 Foley Square] : [perspective drawings of plaza or square] / H[ugh] F[erriss].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00319 Ford Aircraft engine plant (Dearborn, Mich.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite and black crayon on tracing paper ; 43.6 x 59 cm (17 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.)

[Study for Ford Aircraft engine plant].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00017 Box 11 Ford Motor Company automobile factory, [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; 35.2 x 51 cm (13 7/8 x 20 in.), on board 38.0 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)

[Ford plant] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00111-.00112 Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive (New York, N.Y.). Overpass, [undated]

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2 drawings : black crayon on paper ; 36.7 x 63 cm (14 1/2 x 24 5/8 in.)

F. D. Roosevelt Drive Overpass in construction, [and] completion.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00092-.00110 Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (Washington, D.C.), 1960

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19 drawings : various media ; 67.6 x 48 cm (25 5/8 x 19 in.) or smaller.

[Rendering of the Pedersen & Tilney design for Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial].

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Item NYDA00-F2 General John J. Pershing Memorial (Washington, D.C.), 1931-1972

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75 sheets : various media

[Pershing Memorial schemes, sketches, etc. Job number N-451 (old N-215) / Harrison & Abramovitz, arch.].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00035 Grace Line Passenger Terminal (New York, N.Y.), [19]49.

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1 drawing : graphite and wash on paper on board ; 40.7 x 71 cm (16 x 27 7/8 in.)

[Grace Line passenger terminal] / C. Loyd.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00008 Box 11 Grain elevator (Kansas City, Mo.), September 23, 1941.

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper on board ; 37.9 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.), on board 27 x 42 cm (10 6/8 x 16 3/8 in.)

River-rail elevator, Kansas City.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00036 Grain elevator (Kansas City, Mo.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 48.5 x 64 cm (19 1/8 x 25 in.)

Grain elevator : [night view] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00263 Grain elevator (Kansas City, Mo.), [ca. 1941]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper ; 49.6 x 65 cm (19 5/8 x 25 3/8 in.)

Grain elevator / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00019 Box 11 Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.). Preliminary drawings, [circa 1943]

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1 drawing : crayon, graphite and charcoal on tracing paper mounted on board ; 38.0 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.), on mount 28.2 x 41 cm (11 1/8 x 16 in.)

[Grand Coulee Dam] : [perspective] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00262 Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.). Turbine, [1943-1953]

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1 drawing : charcoal and graphite on board ; 71.3 x 51 cm (28 1/8 x 19 7/8 in.)

Turbine, Grand Coulee Dam, Washington : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00309 Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.). Turbine, [ca. 1943]

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1 drawing : brown crayon on tracing paper ; 39.4 x 31 cm (15 1/2 x 12 1/4 in.)

[Study for Turbine, Grand Coulee Dam].

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Item NYDA.1986.003.00001 Greenwich Village street scene, [undated]

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1 print : lithograph on paper ; stone: 25.9 x 37 cm (10 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.); sheet : 35.6 x 46 cm (14 x 18 in.)

[Old houses in Greenwich Village] : [perspective rendering of evening streetscape in winter] / H.F.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00268 Hippodrome (New York, N.Y.), [circa 1939]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper ; 35.4 x 33 cm (14 x 12 7/8 in.)

[The demolition of the Hippodrome] : [The Last Column] / Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00004 Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : charcoal[?] and crayon[?] on tracing paper on board ; [28.4 x 40 cm (11 1/4 x 15 3/4 in.)] 38.1 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.) on board.

[Hoover Dam]. [perspective drawing] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00010 Box 11 Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.), September 14, [between 1943-1953]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper, mounted on board ; 30.7 x 24 cm (12 1/8 x 9 1/8 in.), on board 50.8 x 38 cm (20 x 15 in.)

Crest of Boulder.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00293 Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : charcoal on board ; 64.9 x 45 cm (25 5/8 x 17 3/4)

Hoover Dam. [perspective drawing] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00327 Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper ; 59.1 x 48 cm (23 1/4 x 18 5/8 in.)

[Study for Hoover Dam] : [perspective drawing].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00069-.00073 Hotel (Panama), [undated]

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5 drawings : graphite on paper or tracing paper, some with colored crayon ; 34.6 x 49 cm (13 5/8 x 19 1/8 in.) or smaller.

[Hotel in Panama].

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Item NYDA.1939.001.02343 Imaginary drawing of the exterior of a Lady Chapel [associated with the Harold Van Buren Magonigle architectural drawings and papers], 1918

1 drawing : charcoal on paper, mounted on board ; 54.4 x 41 cm (21 3/4 x 17 in.) on mount 42.1(.4) x 30 cm (16 3/4 x 11 7/8 in.)

[Imaginary drawing of the exterior of a Lady Chapel] / [Hugh] Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00290 Imaginary drawings, [undated]

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1 drawing : black chalk with white and color on paper ; 43.2 x 62 cm (17 1/8 x 24 1/4 in.)

[Temple of the Dance].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00352 Imaginary drawings, [1931?]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 63.7 x 41 cm (25 1/8 x 16 1/8 in.)

[Isolated masses] : towers of steel and glass.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00353 Imaginary drawings, [1930?]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 73.2 x 43 cm (28 6/8 x 16 7/8 in.)

[Mooring mast, an airport of the future].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00336 Imaginary drawings. Business Center, [1927]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 73 x 89 cm (28 3/4 x 35 in.)

[Study for the Business Center].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00335 Imaginary drawings. Philosophy, [1928]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; approximately 98 x 51 cm (approximately 38 1/2 x 20 in.)

[Study for Philosophy].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00342 Imaginary drawings. Philosophy. 1928, 1928

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 95.6 x 56 cm (37 5/8 x 21 7/8 in.)

Philosophy / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00340 Imaginary drawings. Seaport, [1930]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 43.5 x 60 cm (17 1/4 x 23 1/2 in.)

[Study for imaginary seaport].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00294 Imaginary drawings. Skyscraper, [1925]

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1 drawing : charcoal (with red and white borders) on paper ; 65.3 x 45 cm (25 3/4 x 19 3/8 in.)

"Toward tomorrow with Lehigh Cement" / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00341 Imaginary drawings. Skyscraper, [1930]

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1 drawing : black crayon on tracing paper ; 67.8 x41 cm (26 3/4 x 16 in.)

[Study for a skyscraper spanning streets].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00170-.00179 Imaginary drawings. Zoning ordinances, [ca. 1959]

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9 drawings : graphite on tracing paper ; 34.6 x 69 cm (13 5/8 x 27 1/8 in.) or smaller.

[Studies for 1959 zoning regulations].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00291 Imaginary drawings. Zoning ordinances, [1922-1924]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; 41.6 x 50 cm (16 3/8 x 19 1/2 in.)

[Crude clay for architects] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00339 Imaginary drawings. Zoning ordinances, [circa 1927]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 55.4 x 50 cm (21 7/8 x 19 3/8 in.)

[Study for vista in the business zone].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00037-.00044 Inter-American Center, Biscayne Bay, Florida., [undated]

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9 drawings : graphite and crayon on tracing paper ; 67.5 x 105 cm (21 5/8 x 40 7/8 in.) or smaller.

Inter-American Center, Biscayne Bay, Florida.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00074-.00078 John F. Kennedy International Airport, [undated]

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5 drawings : various media ; 47.8 x 74 cm (18 7/8 x 28 7/8 in.)

Idlewild Airport

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00266 Johnson Wax Administration Building (Racine, Wis.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on paper on board ; 41.8 x 37 cm (16 1/2 x 14 3/8 in.)

Johnson Wax Works, interior : #15 / Ferriss ; [Frank Lloyd Wright, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00316 Johnson Wax Administration Building (Racine, Wis.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite and black crayon with orange pencil on tracing paper ; 47.2 x 60 cm (18 5/8 x 23 3/8 in.)

[Study for Johnson Wax Company Building] / [Frank Lloyd Wright, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00265 Johnson Wax Administration Building (Racine, Wis.). Perspective, [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : black crayon with red pencil on paper ; 45.3 x 61 cm (17 7/8 x 23 3/4 in.)

[Johnson Wax Company building, Racine, Wisconsin] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00122 King Solomon's Temple, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 52.2 x 39 cm (20 5/8 x 15 1/8 in.)

[Study for King Solomon's Temple] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00123 King Solomon's temple, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 49.5 x 44 cm (19 x 17 1/4 in.)

[King Solomon's temple].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00347 King Solomon's Temple, [ca. 1925]

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1 drawing : graphite and pen (charcoal) on paper ; 74.7 x 98 cm (29 3/8 x 38 4/8 in.)

King Solomon's Temple and Citadel / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00045 La Guardia Airport (Queens, New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 50.2 x 76 cm (19 7/8 x 29 7/8 in.)

[Entrance to administration building] : [preliminary drawing] / Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00046 La Guardia Airport (Queens, New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on paper, mounted on board ; 50.6 x 76 cm (20 x 30 in.)

Entrance to administration building / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00047 La Guardia Airport (Queens, New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; 50.7 x 77 cm (20 x 30 in.)

View from South Restaurant / Hugh Ferriss

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Item NYDA.1987.004.00002 Larkin Building (Buffalo, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal and graphite on paper, mounted to board ; 18.1 x 23 cm (7 1/8 x 9.0 in.) mounted to 21.5 x 27 cm (8 1/2 x 10 5/8 in.).

[Larkin Building, Buffalo, N.Y.] : [perspective rendering] / [drawn by Hugh Ferriss ; Frank Lloyd Wright, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00271 Lever House (New York, N.Y.), [circa 1953]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper, mounted on board ; 36.7 x 29 cm (14 1 /2 x 11 1/2 in.)

Lever House, #25 of "Power in buildings" / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00048 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, [1960 or before]

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1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper ; 36.5 x 54 cm (14 3/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

[Bird's-eye perspective of Lincoln Center with circular colonnade]

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00055 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1960

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1 drawing : graphite with color pencil on tracing paper ; 25.2 x 37 cm (10 x 19 1/4 in.)

[Lincoln Center].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00058 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1958

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1 sheet : graphite, charcoal, colored pencil, and white gouache on paper ; 35.7 x 68 cm (14 1/8 x 26 3/4 in.)

Center of the Center.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00298 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, November 18, 1960.

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1 drawing : pencil on tracing paper ; 57.5 x 88 cm (22 5/8 x 34 5/8 in.), on mount 76.3 x 102 cm (30 1/8 x 40 in.)

Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00299 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, May, 1959.

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on paper ; 47 x 88 cm (18 4/8 x 34 5/8 in.), on mount 63.6 x 102 cm (25 x 40 in.)

Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00300 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 48.7 x 70 cm (19 1/8 x 27 4/8 in.), on mount 61.2 x 92 cm (24 x 36 in)

Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., [round plaza and buildings] : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00301 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, December 8, 1955.

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper ; 43.7 x 67 cm (17 1/8 x 26 3/8 in.), on mount 63.6 x 82 cm (25 x 32 in.)

Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00302 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper ; 41 x 68 cm (16 1/8 x 26 6/8 in.), on mount 63.6 x 82 cm (25 x 32 in.)

Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., [bird's eye perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00303 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, November 11, 1960.

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1 drawing : pencil on tracing paper ; 30 x 47 cm (11 7/8 x 18 2/8 in.), on mount 48.4 x 64 cm (19 x 25 in.)

Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00049 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), [before 1960]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 39.9 x 64 cm (16 1/2 x 25 1/2 in.)

[Bird's-eye perspective of Lincoln Center with Circular Colonnade] : [preliminary design].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00051 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), [between 1950 and 1959]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 49.7 x 88 cm (19 5/8 x 34 3/8 in.)

[Preliminary design for Lincoln Center] : [bird's-eye perspective drawn in reverse].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00053 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), [before 1960]

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1 drawing : graphite with red pencil on tracing paper ; 39.9 x 61 cm (15 3/4 x 23 5/8 in.)

[Bird's-eye perspective view of proposed] Lincoln Center : [preliminary sketch].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00054 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), [1960 or before]

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1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper ; 59.1 x 46 cm (23 1/4 x 18 1/8 in.)

[Lincoln Center] : [three views].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00056 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : black and red pencil with light blue pencil on tracing paper ; 39.8 x 39 cm (15-5/8 x 15-1/4 in.).

New bldg. layout over old perspective at size of small photo : [perspective view].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00057 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), [before 1960]

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1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper ; 32.7 x 63 cm (12 7/8 x 24 5/8 in.)

[Preliminary sketch of the proposed] Lincoln Center : [bird's-eye perspective] / HF.

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Item NYDA.1981.001.01567 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), [between 1950 and 1959]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper mounted on board ; 42.6 x 63 cm (16 3/4 x 24 1/2 in.) mounted to board 57.8 x 78 cm (22 3/4 x 30 5/8 in.).

[Nocturnal bird's-eye view of Lincoln Center] : [rendering of a preliminary scheme] / Hugh Ferriss [renderer] ; [Wallace K. Harrison, architect].

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Item NYDA.1981.001.01568 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), October 1956.

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1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil on paper ; 62.7 x 102 cm (24 3/4 x 40 in.).

Study for Lincoln Center : [perspective rendering, viewed from Broadway in late afternoon] / H.[ugh] F.[erriss], [renderer]; Wallace K. Harrison, architect [(stamp)].

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Range: NYDA.1987.005.00002-.00007 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.), September 3-October 1, [19]55.

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6 drawings : charcoal and graphite with pastel highlights on vellum ; 47.6 x 72 cm (18 3/4 x 28 1/8 in.)

[Perspective views of Lincoln Center] : [preliminary sketches and renderings] / H.F. ; [Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00052 Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, N.Y.). Site plan, [before 1960]

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1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper ; 44.9 x 50 cm (17 3/4 x 19 3/8 in.)

8 plazas & a park : [study for Lincoln Center site plan] / [drawn by Hugh Ferriss ; Wallace K. Harrison, coordinating architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00050 Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts, [1960 or before]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal with colored pencil on paper ; 55.9 x 77 cm (22 x 30 1/4 in.)

Bird's-eye perspective of Lincoln Center with circular colonnade.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00059 Merchandise Mart (Chicago, Ill.), [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite with colored pencil on tracing paper ; 49.7 x 78 cm (19 5/8 x 30 3/4 in.)

Merchandise Mart, Chicago.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00060-.00063 Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, [between 1946 and 1955?]

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4 drawings : various media ; 46.7 x 64 cm (18 3/8 x 25 1/8 in.) or smaller.

Proposed alterations for Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / Hugh Ferriss, del.

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Item NYDA.1981.001.00521 Metropolitan Opera House, Rockefeller Center (New York, N.Y.), [between 1930 and 1939?]

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1 sheet : photoprint on paper ; 23.7 x 49 cm (9 1/4 x 19 1/8 in.).

[Corbett, Harrison, & MacMurray's scheme for proposed Metropolitan Opera, Rockefeller Center site] : [rendering] / Hugh Ferriss del. ; [Corbett, Harrison & MacMurray, architects].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00011 Box 11 Migratory labor camp (Woodville, Calif.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; 21.7 x 44 cm (8 5/8 x 17 1/8 in.), on board 38.0 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)

Migrant Town, Woodville, Calif / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00012 Box 11 Migratory labor camp (Yuba City, Calif.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper on board ; 24.5 x 42 cm (9 5/8 x 16 5/8 in.), on board 38.0 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)

Migrant town, Yuba City, Calif.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00064 National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), [circa 1959]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 41.0 x 76 cm (16 1/8 x 29 7/8 in.)

Nat[ional] Academy of Science, Washington, D.C.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00065 National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 11/12/59.

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1 drawing : graphite with color pencil on tracing paper ; 35.0 x 66 cm (13 7/8 x 25 6/8 in.)

[Study for the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00120 National Museum of History and Technology, [circa 1958]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 51.4 x 68 cm (20 1/4 x 26 3/4 in.)

Smithsonian - Washington, D.C / McKim Mead & White Archts.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00121 National Museum of History and Technology, [circa 1958]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 47.6 x 86 cm (18 3/4 x 33 7/8 in.)

Smithsonian, Washington, D.C.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00066-.00068 National Presbyterian Church (Washington, D.C.), December 1954.

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3 sheets : various media ; 64.2 x 97 cm (25 1/4 x 37 7/8 in.) or smaller.

National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C / Hugh Ferriss, del.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00081 New York Public Library, [circa 1918]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper on board ; 44.7 x 60 cm (17 5/8 x 23 1/2 in.)

New York Public Library, Fourth of July Parade / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00080 New York School of Printing (New York, N.Y.), [circa 1954]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 55.8 x 77 cm (22 x 30 in.)

N.Y. Printing School.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00127 New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 75.8 x 55 cm (29 3/4 x 21 in.)

Times Bldg.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00128-.00131 New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.), April 15, [19]61.

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4 drawings : graphite on paper or tracing paper ; 26.9 x 22 cm (10 5/4 x 8 5/8 in.)

New York Times building.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00147-.00149 New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.), 1961

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3 sheets : various media ; 37.0 x 54 cm (14 5/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

New York Times building : perspectives of plaza level / H.F.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00132-.00146, .00152 New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.), [ca. 1961]

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16 drawings : graphite on paper ; 19.4 x 16 cm (7 5/8 x 6 1/8 in.) or smaller.

[Studies for the New York Times building].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00150 New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, [circa 1961]

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1 drawing : graphite and color on paper ; 31.5 x 43 cm (12 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.)

N.Y. Times tower renovations : [section and plan].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00151 New York Times Building (New York, N.Y.). Alterations, April 24, [19]61.

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 51.0 x 37 cm (20 1/8 x 14 1/4 in.)

[New York Times building] / HF.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00154-.00155 New York tribune, 1918

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2 sheets : brownline print on paper ; 52.6 x 39 cm (20 5/8 x 15 2/8 in.)

The building of a battleship : [perspective drawings] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00272 New York World's Fair (1939-1940), [1938]

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1 drawing : black crayon or charcoal with color on paper ; 46.1 x 61 cm (17 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)

1939 New York World's Fair : perisphere in construction, / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00160 New York World's Fair (1939-1940), [1936-1953]

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1 print : lithograph on paper ; 45.9 x 40 cm (18 1/8 x 15 3/4 in.)

[A sphere in construction] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00161 New York World's Fair (1939-1940), [circa 1936-40]

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1 drawing : pencil on paper ; 42.2 x 55 cm (16 5/8 x 21 1/2 in.)

[Perspective in construction] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00231 New York World's Fair (1939-1940), [1936]

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1 drawing : crayon on paper ; 48.3 x 77 cm (19 x 30 in.)

[A Visitor's First View of the World's Fair of 1939]

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00295 New York World's Fair (1939-1940), [circa 1936-1940]

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1 drawing : chalk and colored chalk on paper on board ; 44.6 x 69 cm (17 5/8 x 27 1/8 in.)

World's Fair 1939

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00297 New York World's Fair (1939-1940), 8-24-36.

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper, mounted on board ; 51.9 x 41 cm (20 1/2 x 16 in.), on board 54.2 x 43 cm (21 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.)

Imaginary Pavillion : project for the 1939 World's Fair / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00346 New York World's Fair (1939-1940), [1936-1953]

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1 print : lithograph on paper ; 56.6 x 74 cm (22 2/8 x 29 1/8 in.)

[Perisphere] Flushing Meadows, N.Y : [perspective drawing].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00162-.00164 New York World's Fair (1939-1940). Perisphere, [1936-1953]

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3 prints : lithograph on paper ; 57.3 x 74 cm (22 5/8 x 28 7/8 in.) or smaller.

[Perisphere under construction at] Flushing Meadows, N.Y : [perspective view].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00165 New York World's Fair (1964-1965), [undated]

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1 drawing : black crayon with color and white gouache on tracing paper ; 57.8 x 87 cm (22 7/8 x 34 1/4 in.)

[Globe].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00307 Norris Dam (Tenn.), [before 1953]

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1 drawing : graphite with purple pencil ; 27.6 x 42 cm (10 7/8 x 16 5/8 in.)

[Study for Norris Dam].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00308 Norriss Dam (Tenn.), [before 1953]

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1 drawing : graphite with purple pencil and crayon on tracing paper ; 44.1 x 59 cm (17 3/8 x 23 in.)

[Study for Norriss Dam].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00264 Ohio Steel Foundry (Lima, Ohio), [1940]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper on board ; 44.7 x 65 cm (17 1/2 x 25 3/8 in.)

Ohio Steel Foundry, Lima / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00314 Ohio Steel Foundry (Lima, Ohio), [before 1953]

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1 drawing : black crayon with graphite on tracing paper ; 41.8 x 59 cm (16 1/2 x 22 7/8 in.)

[Study for Ohio Steel foundry].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00329 Parking garage, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper ; 25.2 x 48 cm (10 x 18 5/8 in.).

[Study for a parking garage].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00125-.00126 Pius XII Memorial Library, [circa 1954]

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2 drawings : charcoal and graphitel on tracing paper ; 60.9 x 86 cm (24 x 33 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Pope Pius XII Memorial Library / H. Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00333 Power in buildings. Airplane sketch, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 34 x 38 1/2 cm (12 1/4 x 15 1/4 in.)

[Sketch of airplane for Power in buildings].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00289 Red Rocks Amphitheater (Colo.), [ca. 1941]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 43.5 x 60 cm (17 1/8 x 23 5/8 in.)

Red Rocks Park, Colo. amphitheater : Power in buildings plate 50 / Hugh Ferriss ; [Burnham Hoyt, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00317 Red Rocks Amphitheater (Colo.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite and black crayon with purple (pencil?) on tracing paper ; 41.4 x 59 cm (16 3/8 x 23 1/4 in.)

[Study for Red Rocks Amphitheater] / [Burnham Hoyt, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00318 Red Rocks Amphitheater (Colo.), [ca. 1941]

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1 drawing : black crayon with purple(?) on tracing paper ; 32.3 x 48 cm (12 3/4 x 18 1/2 in.)

[Study for Red Rocks Amphitheater].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00015 Box 11 Red Rocks Park (Colo.), August 7, [19]41.

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1 drawing : charcoal and graphite on tracing paper on board ; 24.4 x 39 cm (9 5/8 x 15 in.)

Red Rock [sic] Park

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00287 Red Rocks Park (Colo.), [ca. 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal with color on tracing paper on board ; 24.5 x 39 cm (9 5/8 x 15 in.) 21.4 x 39 cm (8 1/2 x 15 in.)

Red Rocks Park (Colorado) / H.F.;[Burnham Hoyt, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00090 Reyburn Plaza (Philadelphia, Pa.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 41.3 x 85 cm (16 1/2 x 33 1/8 in.)

Reyburn Plaza, Philadelphia.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00082-.00089 Rockefeller Center, [undated]

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8 drawings : various media ; 66.0 x 59 cm (26 x 23 1/4 in.) or smaller.

Radio City / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00325 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Calif.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper ; 45.0 x 59 cm (17 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.)

[Study for San Francisco-Oakland Bridge].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00002 Box 11 San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (Calif.). Perspective drawings, [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper on board ; 26.9 x 36 cm (10 5/8 x 14 1/8), on mount 38.0 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)

San Francisco-Oakland, Sep.4.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00113-.00118 Schine Center (Los Angeles, Calif.), [ca. 1958]

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6 drawings : various media ; 80.1 x 56 cm (28 7/8 x 21 3/4 in.) or smaller.

Schine Center / Morris Lapidus, Archt.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00005R-.00005V Box 11 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.), [ca. 1915]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; 33.9 x 24 cm (14 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

Dawn on Seventh Avenue / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00016 Box 11 Shasta Dam (Calif.), August 29, 1943.

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper on board ; 26.2 x 39 cm (10 3/8 x 15 3/8 in.), on board 38.1 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)

Shasta : Redding Cal.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00119 Shasta Dam (Calif.), [1943]

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1 drawing : charcoal pencil on paper ; 51.0 x 46 cm (20 1/8 x 17 3/4 in.)

Preliminary for drwg. of dam from Power in buildings.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00310 Shasta Dam (Calif.), [before 1953]

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1 drawing : graphite with color pencil on tracing paper ; 30.1 x 45 cm (11 7/8 x 17 1/2 in.)

[Study for Shasta Dam].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00311 Shasta Dam (Calif.), [before 1953]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 57.6 x 90 cm (24 3/4 x 35 1/4 in.)

[Study for Shasta Dam].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00292 Shelton Towers Hotel (New York, N.Y.), [approximately 1953]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper on board ; 45.7 x 35 cm (18 x 13 1/2 in.)

[Shelton Hotel, New York City].

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Item NYDA.1989.003.00081 Sixth Avenue Plaza (New York, N.Y.). Metropolitan Opera House. Rendering, [1939]

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1 sheet : charcoal on paper mounted on matt board ; 37 x 58 cm (14-5/8 x 22-7/8 in.).

Scheme E & F Sixth Ave., [of the Metropolitan Opera, Sixth Avenue Plaza, New York, N.Y.] : [rendering of a perspective view] / [Harrison and Fouilhoux ; drawing signed] Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00334 Soldiers Memorial building (St. Louis, Mo.), [circa 1935]

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1 drawing : graphite with orange and charcoal on tracing paper ; 47.2 x 58 cm (18 5/8 x 22 6/8 in.)

[Study for entrance to Soldiers Memorial].

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Item NYDA86-F156 [Study for Army hangers with airplanes]., [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper (encapsulated) ; 35.9 x 32 cm (14 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.).

[Study for Army hangers with airplanes].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00315 [Study for library and museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art]., [before 1953]

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1 drawing : black crayon and graphite on tracing paper ; 42.9 x 59 cm (16 7/8 x 23 1/4 in.)

[Study for library and museum, Cranbrook Academy of Art].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00267 Taliesin West (Scottsdale, Ariz.), [ca. 1941]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper on board ; 32.6 x 48 cm (12 7/8 x 18 7/8 in.), on board 39.0 x 50 cm (15 /8 x 19 3/8 in.)

Taliesin-in-Arizona / Hugh Ferriss ; [Frank Lloyd Wright, architect].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00306 Triborough Bridge (New York, N.Y.). Anchorage, [circa 1939]

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1 drawing : black crayon on tracing paper ; 31.8 x 47.1 in. (12 1/2 x 18 5/8 cm)

[Study for Triborough Bridge Anchorage].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00157 Unidentified building, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 60.6 x 91 cm (23 7/8 x 35 7/8 in.)

[Unidentified building].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00158 Unidentified building, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal and graphite with color on tracing paper ; 53.8 x 84 cm (21 1/8 x 33 in.)

[Unidentified building].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00178 Unidentified building, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and colored pencil on tracing paper ; 38.2 x 31 cm (15 1/8 x 12 in.)

[Perspective of an unidentified building].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00326 Unidentified building, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on tracing paper ; 41.0 x 32 cm (16 1/4 x 12 3/8 in.).

[Study for an unidentified building with a dome].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00328 Unidentified building, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal[?] on tracing paper ; 27.4 x 3 6 cm (10 7/8 x 14 1/8 in.).

[Study for an unidentified colonial style building with cupola].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00337 Unidentified building, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 48.5 x 41 cm (19 1/8 x 16 1/4 in.)

[Study for an unidentified project].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00269 Unidentified building. Entrance, [circa 1939]

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1 drawing : black crayon on paper on board ; 45.8 x 34/4 cm (18 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)

Steel porch

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00156 Unidentified church, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and black crayon on paper [paper border affixed] ; 95.3 x 76 cm (37 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.), with border 90.8 x 76 cm (35 3/4 x 29 3/4 in.)

[Unidentified church] / H.F.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00343 Unidentified drawbridge, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 35.5 x 60 cm (14 x 23 2/8 in.)

[Unidentified drawbridge] : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00349 Unidentified house., 1939

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on paper ; 43.2 x 36 cm (17 x 14 in.)

[Unidentified house] : [perspective drawing] / Schell Lewis.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00348 Unidentified office building, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal and graphite on tracing paper ; 27.5 x 40 cm (10 7/8 x 15 5/8 in.), on mount 41.4 x 50 cm (16 2/8 x 19 5/8 in.)

[Unidentified office building] : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00350 Unidentified project. Elevation, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and red pencil on paper ; 40.8 x 57 cm (15-7/8 x 22 in.).

[Unidentified sketch elevation, possibly of the United Nations].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00338 Unidentified skyscraper, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 60.1 x 33 cm (23 3/4 x 12 3/4 in.)

[Study for a skyscraper].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00006 Box 11 Unidentified studies, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 22.0 x 24 cm (8 3/4 x 9 3/8 in.)

[Three miscellaneous sketches].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00332 Unidentified studies, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite with orange pencil, charcoal on tracing paper ; 46.9 x 33 cm (18 1/2 x 12 7/8 in.)

[Study for unidentified projects].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00001 Box 11 Unidentified studies. Airplanes, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite on paper ; 18.5 x 24 cm (8 3/4 x 9 1/2 in.)

[Army airplanes in flight]

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00322 Unidentified theater. Interior perspective, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal with orange pencil on tracing paper ; 34.8 x 45 cm (13 3/4 x 17.1/2 in.).

[Study for a theater or auditorium interior?].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00323 Unidentified waterfront building, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 30.5 x 48 cm (18 5/8 x 12 in.)

[Study for building on a waterfront].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00014 Box 11 Union Terminal (Cincinnati, Ohio), [ca. 1942]

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1 drawing : charcoal and/or crayon on tracing paper, mounted on board ; 24.5 x 44 cm (9 3/4 x 17 1/4 in.), on board 38.1 x 51 cm (15 x 20 in.)

Cincinnati - R.R. terminal, Oct. 11 / H.F.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00320 Union Terminal (Cincinnati, Ohio), [before 1942]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 32.5 x 59 cm (12 7/8 x 2 3/4 in.)

[Study for Cincinnati - R.R. terminal].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00321 Union Terminal (Cincinnati, Ohio), [before 1942]

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1 drawing : graphite with orange pencil on tracing paper ; 25.5 x 40 cm (10 1/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

[Study for Cincinnati - R.R. terminal].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00180 United Nations, [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on paper on board ; 71.2 x 54 cm (28 x 20 7/8 in.)

Proposed U.N. Headquarters, Flushing Meadows, [Queens, New York, N.Y.] : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00273 United Nations, July, 1946

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on paper ; 43.7 x 67 cm (17 1/8 x 26 1/8 in.)

[Dome, proposed General Assembly Building, United Nations, New York] : [perspective drawing].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00274 United Nations, 1946

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1 drawing : graphite and charcoal on board ; 44.2 x 64 cm (17 3/8 x 25 1/8 in.)

[Inscribed wall, proposed United Nations Headquarters, Flushing Meadow, N.Y.] : [perspective drawing].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00276-.00280 United Nations, 1947

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5 drawings : graphite on paper or cloth and board ; 39 x 57 cm (15 3/8 x 22 2/8 in.) or smaller.

[Preliminary, United Nations Headquarters, New York, N.Y.].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00281-.00283 United Nations, [1947]

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3 drawings : graphite on paper ; 30 x 47 cm (11 7/8 x 18 1/8 in.) or smaller.

[Study for "floating building", United Nations headquarters, New York, NY] : [perspective drawings].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00284-.00286 United Nations, 1948-1949

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3 drawings : various media ; 45.6 x 70 cm (17 7/8 x 27 4/8 in.) or smaller.

[Progressive steps, United Nations Headquarters] : [perspective drawings].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00194-.00216 United Nations (New York, N.Y.), 1948

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23 drawings : various media ; 58.4 x 92 cm (23 x 36 1/8 in.) or smaller.

[United Nations].

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00217-.00221 United Nations (New York, N.Y.), 1949

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5 drawings : graphite on tracing paper, some with charcoal or colored crayon ; 60.7 x 91 cm (23 7/8 x 35 7/8 in.) or smaller.

[United Nations Headquarters design development drawings] : [renderings of design stages of the United Nations Center] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00225-.00259 United Nations (New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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34 drawings : various media ; 60.8 x 92 cm (24 x 35 7/8 in.) or smaller.

United Nations [building], New York, N.Y.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00275 United Nations (New York, N.Y.). Alternative design, December 12, 1946.

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper ; 24 x 34 in.

[Alternative design for the United Nations] / [conceived and drawn by] Hugh Ferriss.

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Range: NYDA.1000.001.00181-.00193 United Nations (New York, N.Y.). Design Dev. Drawing, 1947, 1947

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13 drawings : various media ; 60.9 x 92 cm (24 x 36 1/8 in.) or smaller.

[United Nations] / Hugh Ferriss [renderer] or [delineator] ; H.[Howard] R.[Robertson].

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Item NYDA.1987.005.00001 United Nations (New York, N.Y.). General Assemblu Building, [between 1953 and 1962]

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1 drawing : charcoal and pencil with white pastel and gouache on vellum ; 51.4 x 75 cm (20 1/4 x 29 1/2 in.)

[Rendering of the General Assembly chamber, United Nations, New York, N.Y.] : [perspective view looking from the rear of the hall towards the speaker's podium] / [drawn by Hugh Ferriss].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00169 United Nations (New York, N.Y.). Proposed site, [1946]

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1 drawing : graphite with colored crayon and gouache on paper ; 65.1 x 94 cm (25 5/8 x 37 in.)

X-City.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00020 United States Post Office, 23rd Street (New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on paper on board ; 55.7 x 44 cm (22 x 17 in.), on mount 51.5 x 41 cm (20 3/8 x 15 7/8 in.)

Entrance to U.S. Post Office, 23rd Street / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00324 United States Post Office. 23rd Street (New York, N.Y.), [undated]

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1 drawing : graphite with purple pencil on tracing paper ; 45.4 x 37 cm (17 7/8 x 14 1/4 in.)

[Study for entrance to U.S. Post Office, 23rd Street].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00159 Wanamaker's Bridge (New York, N.Y.), 1917

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1 drawing : Wolff crayon on paper ; 48.8 x 61 cm (19 1/4 x 23 7/8 in.)

Wanamaker's Bridge : sketch in Wolff crayon / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00261 Washington Heights viaduct (New York, N.Y.), [ca. 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite on paper on board ; 30.2 x 45.5 cm (11 7/8 x 18 in.)

Viaduct on Washington Heights, N.Y.C : Power in buildings, pl. 1.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00305 Washington Heights viaduct (New York, N.Y.), [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper ; 49.1 x 47 cm (15 3/8 x 18 1/2 in.)

[Study for Viaduct in Washington Heights].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00312 Washington National Airport, [before 1953]

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1 drawing : graphite on tracing paper (encapsulated) ; 34.5 x 46 cm (13 5/8 x 18 in.)

[Study for National Airport].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00313 Washington National Airport, [before 1953]

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1 drawing : graphite with blue pencil on tracing paper ; 47.0 x 59 cm (18 5/8 x 23 1/4 in.)

[Study for National Airport].

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00013 Box 11 Washington National Airport. Preliminary drawings, [circa 1941]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper on board ; 28.8 x 45 cm (11 3/8 x 17 1/2 in.), on mount 38 x 51 cm (15 x 21 in.)

Granelley Point - Washington D.C.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00018 Box 11 Waterfront building, [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal with graphite on paper, mounted on board ; 36.1 x 50 cm (14 1/4 x 19 5/8 in.), on mount 28.8 x 43 cm (10 3/4 x 16 1/2 in.)

[Building on a waterfront] / Hugh Ferriss.

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Item NYDA.1000.001.00330 Yerba Buena Tunnel (Yerba Buena Island, Calif.), [undated]

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1 drawing : charcoal on tracing paper ; 26.8 x 39 cm (10 5/8 x 15 1/2 in.)

[Study for a Yerba Buena Tunnel].

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Series II: Archival Materials

This series consists of a small collection of correspondence with architects and others; talks, including radio talks, and speeches on architecture; photographs of drawings; clippings; job book and listings; records related to the exhibition of Ferriss' work; and some personal material. The collection is divided into sub-series based on each box of this archival collection. History of this inventory is unknown, but likely dates from the 1980s, if not earlier.

Sub-series 1: New York Projects (Future City): Photographs


Box 1 Airlines Terminal / Peterkin, John


Box 1 Air-supported roof / Stevens, Herbert


Box 1 American Radiator Company Building / Hood, Raymond


Box 1 Apartment Building at 24 West 40th Street / Kahn, Ely Jacques


Box 1 Astor Plaza / Carson, Lundin & Thorson


Box 1 Avenue of the Americas


Box 1 Bank of Manhattan / Severence, H. C.; Matsui, Y.


Box 1 Broadway Tabernacle / Barber, Donn


Box 1 Brooklyn Army Base


Box 1 Bush Terminal / Helmle & Corbett


Box 1 Caltex Petroleum Co. (Amsterdam) / Riley, Chauncey W.


Box 1 Castle Village / Paterno, C. V. (developer)


Box 1 Cathedral of St. John the Divine


Box 1 Chanin Building / Sloan & Robertson


Box 1 Chizuk Amino Congregation / Schwartzman & Turkel & Rosen Partnership


Box 1 Chrysler Building / Van Alen, William


Box 1 City Hall Square; New York Chapter AIA


Box 1 Columbia University, East Campus / Harrison & Abramovitz


Box 1 Convocation Tower / Goodhue, Bertram


Box 1 Daily News Building / Howells & Hood


Box 1 Eastern Airlines Building / Reinhard & Hofmeister, W.K. Harrison & J.A. Fouilhoux


Box 1 Empire State Building / Shreve Lamb & Harmon


Box 1 Fashion Institute of Technology / DeYoung, Moskowita & Rosenberg


Box 1 FDR Drive / Stevenson, Harvey (consulting architect)


Box 1 Hall of Our History / Eisenman & Gugler


Box 1 Hayden Planetarium / Trowbridge & Livingston


Box 1 Lever House / Skidmore, Owings & Merrill


Box 1 Lincoln Center / Harrison & Abramovitz


Box 1 Majestic Hotel


Box 1 Master Building & Roerich Museum / Harrison & MacMurray


Box 1 MMA / Brown, Lawford & Forbes


Box 1 New Year's Eve


Box 1 New York School of Printing / Kelly & Gruzen


Box 1 New York State Psychiatric Institute & Hospital / Jones, S.W.


Box 1 New York World's Fair


Box 1 100 Park Avenue


Box 1 Palisades Bomb Shelter / Atwell, G.J. (Engineer)


Box 1 Pan American World Airways Passenger Terminal / Tippetts, Abbott, McCarthy & Stratton (Engineers)


Box 1 Radio City, Rockefeller Center / Hood & Corbett


Box 1 Salmon Tower / York & Sawyer


Box 1 Shelton Hotel / Harman, A.L.


Box 1 Socony-Vacuum Building / Harrison & Abramovitz


Box 1 Washington Square Park


Box 1 Woolworth Building

Sub-series 2: Ephemera/Illustrations/Brunner Illust./Adv. Drwgs.


Box 2 Washington University, Alumni Citation, 1955


Box 2 Honorary Lunch for HF / Wright, Aalto, W.K. Harrison, etc.


Box 2 101 Park Directory


Box 2 AIA 2/9/62 Show, 1962


Box 2 High School Yearbook 1906, 1906


Box 2 New York the Beautiful -- Banker's Trust Co., 1946


Box 2 Hangers in the Sky -- AI Steel Construction


Box 2 Ricwilville


Box 2 Times Square


Box 2 Chicago Merchandise Mart


Box 2 Cement Companies, drawings for


Box 2 Banker's Trust Company


Box 2 Banker's Trust Company


Box 2 NYC in Wartime, 1918


Box 2 Zoning Law, 1920's, 1920s


Box 2 Zoning Law


Box 2 Fifth Avenue Plaza


Box 2 St. John the Divine (Duplicate of 'Cathedral of St. John the Divine')


Box 2 World Acheivement


Box 2 Egyptian Temple


Box 2 Art Center, Russel Sage Foundation


Box 2 Architectural Review, 1918


Box 2 Second Prize Natco XXX Hollow Title Apartment Building


Box 2 Wanamaker Bridge


Box 2 View North at Ninth and Olive (St. Louis)


Box 2 Student Notes, Washington University


Box 2 Student Notes, Washington University

Sub-series 3: Non-New York City Projects


Box 3 Miscellaneous Letters


Box 3 Cathedral of the Assumption (Baltimore) / Maginnis & Walsh


Box 3 Chicago Board of Trade / Holabird & Root


Box 3 Chicago Tribune Building / Howells & Hood


Box 3 Chicago Exposition


Box 3 Marshall Fields Department Store (Chicago)


Box 3 Players Club (Detroit)


Box 3 Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago / Graham, Anderson, Probst & White


Box 3 Institute of Arts / Cret, Paul & others


Box 3 Fisher, GM & Detroit News Buildings / Kahn, Albert


Box 3 David Stott Building / Donaldson & Meier


Box 3 Greater Penobscot, Buhl & Union Guardian Buildings / Smith, Hinchmann & Grylls


Box 3 Public Library / Gilbert, Cass


Box 3 General Motors Technical Center (Detroit) / Saarinen, Swanson & Saarinen


Box 3 Capitol Park (Harrisburg, PA) / Gehron & Ross


Box 3 Peninsular Life Insurance Co. (Jacksonville, FL) / Kemp, Bunch & Jackson


Box 3 Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta / Toomb & Co.


Box 3 Upjohn Co. (Kalamazoo, MI) / McAdams, William D.


Box 3 Chamber of Mines (Johannesburg)


Box 3 Bush House (London) / Corbett & Helmle


Box 3 Schine Center (Los Angeles) / Lapidus, Haile & Liebman


Box 3 Palace of the Soviets (Moscow) / Kastner & Stonorov


Box 3 Sterling Memorial Library (New Haven, CT) / Goodhue, Bertram


Box 3 Solomon's Temple - Exposition (Philadephia) / Corbett, Harvey Wiley


Box 3 U.S. Post Office / Sternfield & Ballinger Co.


Box 3 Philadelphia Savings Fund Society Building / Howe & Lescaze


Box 3 Reyburn Plaza


Box 3 S.W. Bell Telephone Building (St. Louis) / Mauran, Russell & Crowell


Box 3 Civic Center


Box 3 Plaza


Box 3 Municipal Auditorium


Box 3 Pacific Edgewater Club (San Francisco) / Miller & Pfleuger


Box 3 Stock Exchange / Miller & Pfleuger


Box 3 Memorial (Springfield, MA) / Corbett, Harvey Wiley


Box 3 Mitsui Bank (Tokyo) / Stewart, J.


Box 3 Pershing Memorial Design (Washington, DC) / Harrison & Abramovitz


Box 3 National Academy of Sciences


Box 3 F.D.R. Memorial / Pederson & Tilney


Box 3 West Virginia State Capitol / Gilbert, Cass

Sub-series 4: Advertising/Future City/Diplomas/Non-New York City Projects


Box 4 Diplomas


Box 4 Future City


Box 4 Cement


Box 4 Prudential Insurance Co. (Jacksonville, FL) / Kemp, Bunch & Jackson


Box 4 Shrine of the Ages Chapel (Grand Canyon, AZ) / Wagoner, Harold E.


Box 4 Inter-American Trade Center (Miami, FL) / Smith, R.F. et al


Box 4 Solomon's Temple (Philadelphia, PA) / Corbett, Harvey Wiley


Box 4 Smithsonian Institute, Museum of History and Technology


Box 4 Pershing Memorial / Harrison & Abramovitz


Box 4 National Academy of Science


Box 4 F.D.R. Memorial / Pederson & Tilney

Sub-series 5: Photographs & Archival Material


Box 5A Early New York Scenes


Box 5A Rockefeller Center, 1931


Box 5A Rockefeller Center, 1957


Box 5A Rockefeller Center, 1947


Box 5B United Nations - a-e


Box 5A Palisades Bomb Shelter


Box 5A American Capitols of Industry


Box 5A New York in Wartime, 1917-1919


Box 5A Industrial Drawings (WWII)


Box 5A Lehigh University (Bethlehem, PA)


Box 5A Angkor


Box 5A Foley Square


Box 5A Idlewild Airport


Box 5A Metropolitan Museum


Box 5A Metropolitan Museum of Art - 1955 proposals, 1955


Box 5A New York World's Fair, 1936-1939


Box 5A New York World's Fair, 1964-1965

Sub-series 6: Illustrations/Brunner Illustrations


Box 6 Unknown


Box 6 Curtis-Wright


Box 6 Dams


Box 6 Dams


Box 6 Fallingwater (Bear Run, PA) / Wright, Frank Lloyd


Box 6 Cranbrook Academy of Art (Bloomfield Hills, MI)


Box 6 Larkin Building (Buffalo, NY) / Wright, Frank Lloyd


Box 6 Ford Aircraft Engine Plant (Dearborn, MI)


Box 6 Red Rocks Park (Denver, CO)


Box 6 Grain Elevator (Kansas City, MO)


Box 6 Ohio Steel Foundry (Lima, MO)


Box 6 Triborough Bridge Anchorage, Randall's Island


Box 6 Viaduct on Washington Heights


Box 6 United States Post Office


Box 6 Johnson Wax Building (Racine, WI) / Wright, Frank Lloyd


Box 6 Soldier's Memorial (St. Louis, MO)


Box 6 Oakland Bay Bridge


Box 6 Yerba Buena Tunnel


Box 6 Taliesin-in-Arizona (Scottsdale, AZ) / Wright, Frank Lloyd


Box 6 National Airport (Washington, DC)


Box 6 U.S. Supreme Court Building (Washington, DC)


Box 6 Zapotec Structure (Monte Alban, Mexico)


Box 6 Correspondence


Box 6 Steel Porch

Sub-series 7: Articles, Talks & Citations


Box 7 Biographical Articles, Records


Box 7 Portrait Photographs


Box 7 Letters: architectural collegues & others


Box 7 Rendering; Encyclopedia Britannica article


Box 7 Architectural rendering & architecture; published comment


Box 7 Talks on Architecture, AIA Journal, 1945-1955


Box 7 Radio dialogue with Frank Lloyd Wright


Box 7 AIA: speeches, activities, correspondence


Box 7 AIA & other Architectural Societies: talks


Box 7 Architects League of New York: correspondence, exhibitions, speeches


Box 7 Century Club Activities


Box 7 Citations


Box 7 New York City Art Commission


Box 7 Letters from architectural students & university officials re H.F. talks in the 1920's


Box 7 Talk, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada on the U.N., 1948

Sub-series 8: Designs for a Future City: 1922-1932


Box 8 Lofty Terraces


Box 8 Lure of the City


Box 8 Buildings like Mountains


Box 8 Glass


Box 8 Philosophy


Box 8 Mooring Mast


Box 8 Skyscraper Hangar


Box 8 Portrait


Box 8 Beauty & Reality in Civic Art


Box 8 Misc. proof pages


Box 8 City at Night


Box 8 Crowding Towers


Box 8 Crude clay for architects


Box 8 Reversion to Past Styles


Box 8 Elevated Sidewalks


Box 8 Apartments on Bridges


Box 8 Zoning Studies


Box 8 Zoning Studies


Box 8 Buildings in the Modeling


Box 8 Final Mass Carried out in Steel


Box 8 Terraces on Setbacks


Box 8 Hanging Gardens, NY


Box 8 Two Block Building


Box 8 Imaginary Metropolis, bird's eye view


Box 8 Art Center & Vista in the Art Zone


Box 8 The Science Center


Box 8 Night in the Science Zone


Box 8 Business Center


Box 8 Twin Office Building


Box 8 Isolated Masses


Box 8 Imaginary Seaport


Box 8 Overhead Traffic Ways


Box 8 Pedestrian/Vehicular Trafffic Separation


Box 8 Skyscapers Spanning Streets


Box 8 Zoning Envelopes, 1-4


Box 8 Exhibitions - Roerich Museum


Box 8 Exhibitions - Roerich Museum

Sub-series 9: New York, NY


Box 9 Architectural League, Power of America, 1942


Box 9 Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Industry at War, 1943


Box 9 Whitney Museum, Power of America, 1942


Box 9 American Academy of Arts & Letters, 1943


Box 9 Century Club, 1976


Box 9 Columbia University, Avery Library; "1776-1976"


Box 9 Wasington University, Gallery of Art


Box 9 Smithsonian Institute, National Collection of Fine Arts


Box 9 Koln, Germany, 1980

Sub-series 10: Exhibitions/Job Book/Scrap Book


Box 10 Job Book, 1922-1961


Box 10 Scrap Book


Box 10 Review, Power in Buildings


Box 10 Reviews, Metropolis of Tomorrow


Box 10 United Nations Headquarters


Box 10 Exhibitions - Future City, 1925-1929


Box 10 Unidentified photographs of drawings


Box 10 Lincoln Center


Box 10 Industrial drawings


Box 10 Business diary pages


Box 10 Washington University, Exhibition


Box 10 Exhibitions, 1960-1980


Box 10 Letters re exh. of H.F. work, 1920s


Box 10 Reproductions of Ferriss drawings, clippings, photographs filed with material for book (J. Lerch), 1920s


Box 10 Lofty Terraces