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Title

C. Ford Peatross architecture and design collection

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Lccn: 2012645104

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  • Please credit donor.
  • This catalog record contains preliminary data.
  • Includes original architectural rendering for Union Station, Washington DC; architectural photographs of federal buildings; photograph albums of European travel, small British album and renderings from John Russell Pope and Otto Reinhold Eggers. Architectural and measured sketches and drawings by Sir Charles Barry on five mounts from the Kennedy Albums, representing Beverley Minster, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire; Church of St. Mary Magdalene, Newark, Nottinghamshire; Travellers Club, London; Eltham Palace, Eltham, Royal Borough of Greenwich, South East London; Highclere Castle, Hampshire, and Pedestal of Flagstaff, the Arsenal, Venice, Italy. Portfolio of material related to Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City. Over 120 concept, preliminary, presentation, and working drawings (copies and originals) and over 50 record photographs of various iconic American restaurants, hotels, casinos, and theme parks designed and/or constructed between 1973 and 2000. These include the Great Adventure Park in Jackson, NJ, the Ritz and Harrah's Hotels and Casinos in Atlantic City, NJ, the Aladdin Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, MV, Maxwell's Plum Restaurant in San Francisco, CA, the Potomac restaurant in Washington, DC, and the Tavern on the Green and the Russian Tea Room in New York City, among others. Most were designed by J. W. Higgenbottom while working for and with the entrepreneur Warner Leroy and his various companies. Railroad car design by Walter Dorwin Teague and Cessna aircraft design by Richard Ten Eyck. Drawings by student cadets at the Virginia Military Institute, 1854-5. Drawings for French Art Deco, mid-century modern, traditional, and innovative custom furniture and interior designs (ca. 1920s-1970s). Drawings of cars, trains, and AM/FM radios.
  • Container list: Peatross.
  • Title devised by Library staff.

Extent

549 items.

Provision Activity

  • Publication:
  • Production: 1838/1990

Publication Statement

[between 1838 and 1990]

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http://id.loc.gov/resources/items/17110787

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  • Date: 2026-09-30T17:47:34.624994+00:00
  • Agent: cbc
  • Status: c
  • Derived from: 17110787

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  • Date: 2026-09-30
  • Cataloger id: Unknown
  • Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
  • Description language: eng
  • Description authentication: pcc

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