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Story of Air Conditioning

Description:: Imprint based on inkstamp on lower wrapper of UCLA Biomed copy: "From Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Machinery Association, Southern Building, Washington 5 D.C."
Date:: [between 1940 and 1953?]
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

Aldous and Maria Huxley bookplate

Description:: Illustrated bookplate for the collections of Maria and Aldous Huxley. Illustration is most likely from an engraving by Bruno Bramanti.
Date:: [between 1919 and 1955]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Aldous and Laura Huxley Papers, 1925-2007

Aldous Huxley, standing in profile in hills above Hollywood [descriptive]

Description:: Profile of writer Aldous Huxley, hand rested on waist, standing in hills overlooking Hollywood, May 1953.
Date:: May 1953
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Aldous and Laura Huxley Papers, 1925-2007

Hotel Almendares, Havana, Cuba

Description:: Havana, luxuriant with tropical foilage and brilliant flowers, gloriously warm, offers every opportunity for pleasant recreation; ocean bathing, swimming, sailing, golfing, tennis playing, polo tournaments, motor-boating, deep-sea fishing, motoring, and races of international importance.
Date:: circa 1920-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Picturesque Havana: 20 Selected Views / Recuerdo de la Habana: 20 Vistas Escogidas

Date:: circa 1900-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Morro Castle, Havana, Cuba

Description:: This fine old fortress of solid stone was built in 1587 by Philip II of Spain of whiom it was said: "the Sun never sets on his dominions." In 1762 the English attacked Havana and this fort made a glorious defense, being assaulted by land. The tower was built in 1844 for a lighthouse. Morro Castle being no longer needed as a fortress, is now used as a Military Academy.
Date:: circa 1900-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Columbus Cathedral, Havana, Cuba

Description:: Columbus Cathedral, where the remains of Columbus rested for years, before being transferred to Spain. This church is 175 years old.
Date:: circa 1900-1955
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Higgins' Auto tours Havana & New Orleans

Date:: circa 1900-1965
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Cuba

Date:: circa 1900-1969
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Fraternity Park, Havana, Cuba

Description:: Cuban telephone co. bldg. in the background. As a remembrance of the VI Pan-American Conference, the Fraternity Tree was planted in this square, which has taken this name. Secretary of P.W., Mr. Cespedes, has made great success in planning this handsome square of Parisian lines built in the tropics, with tropical gardens and plants and colonial details. Havana is continually beautifying herself: this is only the start. Sooner or later Havana will be the prettiest city of all of the Americas. Come again.
Date:: circa 1928-1965
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

U.S.S Maine Monument, Havana, Cuba

Description:: Built by the people of Cuba in grateful memory of the crew of the ill-fated U.S. Battleship Maine, which was blown up in the harbor of Havana, Feb., 1898. This catastrophe was an important factor in causing the United States to assist Cuba in her war for independence.
Date:: circa 1900-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Alturas de Almendares Park, Havana, Cuba

Description:: Newer portion of Havana is well designed with broad streets, beautiful promenades, drives and picturesque parks or plazas. About 50 fountains throughout the city are supplied by an aqueduct, which also furnishes water to residences.
Date:: circa 1912-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

The Playa, Havana, Cuba

Description:: With a gentle, sloping beach of pure white sand, clear blue water, a good restaurant, dancing pavilion, comfortable dressing rooms and all modern conveniences, it is one of the most delightful bathing resorts in the world.
Date:: circa 1900-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Capitol Building, Havana, Cuba

Description:: The Capitol Building is a marvel of Engineering, Sculpture, and Painting. Built at a cost of over sixteen million dollars it represents everything modern in construction and is considered the most beautiful palace in Latin America. One of the greatest features in the interior is the enormous statue representing Cuba.
Date:: circa 1929-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Fifth Avenue at Miramar, Havana, Cuba

Description:: This avenue has now been renamed "Avenida Carlos Miguel de Cespedes" in honor of the Secretary of Public Works. It is lined with handsome residences and many colored tropical flower gardens. It joins Havana and "La Playa" famous bathing beach.
Date:: circa 1925-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

The Prado, Havana, Cuba

Date:: circa 1925-1969
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Cuban Ephemera
Cuba Collections
Latin American & Caribbean Collections

Specifications, sheet metal, undated, 04 of

Description:: Loose leaf pages removed from binding. Contains color diagrams. Pages numbered 41 to 50.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specification check list, heating and ventilating, undated

Description:: Folder 3 of the Construction reference files contains specification check lists for multiple types of materials and work. This set specifies scope and materials for heating and ventilating.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Detail of lavatories and master baths, undated

Description:: Detail drawing for unnamed dwelling depicting lavatory and master bath sections labeled "C," "D," and "G." "3 / Sht. 2" inscribed in upper right and "194" inscribed in lower left corner.
Date:: Between 1920 and 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, sheet metal, undated, 01 of

Description:: Folder 1 contains specifications of sheet metal. This section contains details of scope, materials, workmanship, and guarentee.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specification check list, accessories, undated

Description:: Folder 3 of the Construction reference files contains specification check lists for multiple types of materials and work. This set specifies scope for accessories.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, carpentry, millwork, and accessories, undated, 2 of 5

Description:: Folder 13 of the construction reference files includes specifications of materials and labor for carpentry, millwork, and accessories. Also includes specifications of furniture and cabinet work, doors, closets, wainscoting and framing, with materials, finishes, and nailing schedule.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, earthwork, undated, 2 of 2

Description:: Folder 18 of the Construction Reference Files contains specifications of earthwork, including excavating, filling, grading, and clearing the site. Also includes specifications of workmanship, tests, and proposal criteria for the project engineer.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, carpentry, millwork, and accessories, undated, 4 of 5

Description:: Folder 13 of the construction reference files includes specifications of materials and labor for carpentry, millwork, and accessories.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, sheet metal, undated, 10 of

Description:: Folder 1 contains specifications of sheet metal. This section contains details of scope, materials, workmanship, and guarentee for roofing and flashing.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Reference details, structural steel, undated

Description:: Eight detail drawings include designs for rain gutters, vents, and pipes.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Reference details, schools, undated

Description:: Five drawings of classroom door and partition details for unnamed project.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, drapes, undated

Description:: Folder 16 of the construction reference files includes specifications of drapes and hangings and a single print of scanned file folder inscribed: curtain tracks, tapes, etc.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, earthwork, undated, 1 of 2

Description:: Folder 18 of the Construction Reference Files contains specifications of material and equipment for excavating, filling, back-filling, grading, and cleaning the site. Also includes provision for special and extra work.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specification check list, screens and screen-cloth, undated

Description:: Folder 3 of the Construction reference files contains specification check lists for multiple types of materials and work. This set specifies scope, materials, and workmanship for screens and screen-cloth.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, sheet metal, undated, 12 of 12

Description:: Folder 1 contains specifications of sheet metal. This section contains details of scope, materials, workmanship, and guarentee for roofing and flashing.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, electrical work, undated, 2 of 6

Description:: Folder 21 of the Construction reference files contains specifications of scope, materials, and labor for electrical work.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Architectural drawing, light fixtures

Description:: Inscription: "Detail element / 12-2."
Date:: Between 1920 and 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Architectural drawing, ceiling-wall light reflector

Description:: Inscription: "Spec 13" overwritten in colored pencil with "4 A."
Date:: Between 1920 and 1970
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, sheet metal, undated, 09 of

Description:: Folder 1 contains specifications of sheet metal. This section contains details of scope, materials, workmanship, and guarentee for roofing and flashing. Includes one handwritten list of numbered sheet metal scope sheets with abbreviated project names.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, electrical work, undated, 5 of 6

Description:: Folder 21 of the Construction reference files contains specifications of scope, materials, and labor for electrical work. This set also contains an architectural drawing of kitchen details from the General Electric Kitchen Institute Architecture Department and specifications for portable appliances and electrical wiring.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, carpentry, millwork, and accessories, undated, 5 of 5

Description:: Folder 13 of the construction reference files includes specifications of materials and labor for carpentry, millwork, and accessories. Also includes specifications of kitchen equipment.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, dumbwaiters, undated

Description:: Folder 17 of the Construction Reference Files contains specifications for the installation of a dumbwaiter. The specifications include details about general conditions, drawings, regulations, permits and inspection, tests, and the machine's components.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Architectural drawing, light fixture details

Description:: Elevation, plan, and perspective view of light fixture.
Date:: Between 1920 and 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Architectural drawing, suspended lighting fixture

Description:: From Richard J. Neutra's Construction Reference Files.
Date:: Between 1920 and 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Caption list of photographs sent to California Book of Homes, 1953

Description:: List of photograph captions describing additions to the Bailey House. The Bailey House was built in 1947.
Date:: June 10, 1953
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Mountain Home Air Force Base Housing, dining room, Boise, Idaho, 1950-1960

Date:: Between 1950 and 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Photographer:: Johnson, Ansgar
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, concrete and masonry, undated, 2 of 4

Description:: Folder 15 of the construction reference files includes specifications of concrete and masonry for steps, fireplace, cement tile work, and glass brick panels. Also includes an index to the scope sheets.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, carpentry, millwork, and accessories, undated, 3 of 5

Description:: Folder 13 of the construction reference files includes specifications of materials and labor for carpentry, millwork, and accessories. Also includes specifications of scope.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Mountain Home Air Force Base Housing, exterior, Boise, Idaho, 1950-1960

Date:: Between 1950 and 1960
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Dwelling for G. Pers's, undated

Description:: Drawing housed in project folder with Agricultural Workers Cooperative Housing materials.
Date:: Between 1920 and 1970
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, concrete and masonry, undated, 4 of 4

Description:: Folder 15 of the construction reference files includes pricing and specifications of concrete slabs, floors, and stairway. Also includes specifications of cement, sand, gravel, broken stones, reinforcing, mix, forms, and pouring.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, electrical work, undated, 1 of 6

Description:: Folder 21 of the Construction reference files contains specifications of scope, materials, and labor for electrical work.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Reference details, sheet metal, undated

Description:: Thirteen detail drawings of ornamental and sheet metal for skylights, recessed lighting, vents, and flashing (building component).
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

Specifications, electrical work, undated, 4 of 6

Description:: Folder 21 of the Construction reference files contains specifications of scope, materials, and labor for electrical work.
Date:: Between 1946 and 1967
Resource Type:: text
Collection:: Richard and Dion Neutra Papers, 1925-1970

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