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Title
[Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, Cal., Museum (3 views)]
Contributor
Percy & Hamilton
Ransom & Smith Company
Date Created and/or Issued
[between 1893 and 1894]
Publication Information
San Francisco : Ransome & Smith Co
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2008-0676
PHOTO: SANTA CLARA COUNTY: STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Views of the museum's construction using Ransome's concrete and twisted iron patent processes.
View 1 (2008-0676). "Museum Building, Leland Stanford Jr. University, Palo Alto, Cal." "Percy & Hamilton, Architects, San Francisco, monolithic construction of walls, floors and roof". Shows front entrance to museum -- view 2 (2008-0677). "Interior museum". Shows museum's dome, arched columns and staircase constructed of concrete, twisted iron and glass -- view 3 (2008-0678). "Interior Museum". Shows one wing of museum with finished concrete floor and exposed beams of floor above (in ceiling).
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
3 photographic prints ; 6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. image on 10 x 7 in. paper.
Identifier
(C)001388546CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-1852
Subject
Stanford University. Museum of Art
Building construction--California--San Francisco
Reinforced concrete construction--California--San Francisco
Galleries & museums--California--San Francisco
Domes--California--San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
San Francisco
San Francisco (Calif.)

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