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Object Timeline

1936

  • Work on this object began.

1975

  • We acquired this object.

2024

  • You found it!

Blueprint, Leigh B. Block Apartment: Bar, February 14, 1936

This is a Blueprint. It was from the office of Donald Deskey Associates and manufactured by Brunswick-Balke, Collender, Co., Plumbers. It is dated February 14, 1936 and we acquired it in 1975. Its medium is blueprint on white wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Donald Deskey. It is credited Gift of Donald Deskey.

It has the following markings

Stamp in lower right corner: DONALD DESKEY/630 FIFTH AVENUE/NEW YORK CITY

It is inscribed

Inscribed in stamp, lower right: 537-3/1"=1'-0"/BLOCK/CHICAGO, F.W. (?)/2/14/36, 2/14/36, 2, 1-BBC(?); lower center: BAR FOR MR. L.S. BLOCK/BARRY APARTMENT/CHICAGO. ILL./ALL MEASUREMENTS TO BE VERRIFIED ON JOB.; dimensions, instructions in graphite

Cite this object as

Blueprint, Leigh B. Block Apartment: Bar, February 14, 1936; Manufactured by Brunswick-Balke, Collender, Co., Plumbers; Office of Donald Deskey Associates; USA; blueprint on white wove paper; Gift of Donald Deskey; 1975-11-329

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