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[ARCHITECTURE -- PORTABLE GARAGES].Biblio.com

Fire-proof portable steel garages. . . .

[ARCHITECTURE -- GLASS]. BENDA, A[rthur] & [Felix].Biblio.com

Glaces & miroiterie miroirs venise glaces riches de tous styles. . . Looking glasses & mirrors Venetian mirrors ornate looking glasses of all styles catalogue.

188056726Paris: A. Benda 10 Rue des Archives Imprimerie Lithographie Albums Industriels J. Justin Storck 24 Rue de l’Abbe Gregoire ca. 1880. Oblong 4to. 10.25 x 8 in. 1 34 leaves lithograph title illustrated & decorated w/ medals from 1878 & 1880 Expositions including 34 lithograph plates 30 hand-coloured. Printed green-tinted lithographed limp softcovers green cloth spine dampstaining & soiling to covers scuffing to covers minor loss to image lettering very faint tidemark to fore-edges of textblock still G- copy w/nice interior. First edition thus of this unusually scarce catalogue for mirrors reflective of the Style Moderne with heavy emphasis on incorporating elaborate botanical Gothic and Renaissance revival elements featuring laurel garlands and gilt elements for the framing of the Venetian Glass mirrors. In addition there are many different styles of marble-topped hall tables and end tables advertised. Shells and other ornaments decorate the gilded frames offered and many of the mirrors depicted feature beveled or elaborate Venetian glass mirror frames further gilded. The Benda firm operated in Paris from the reign of Napoleon II through the 1890s exhibiting at the 1878 Paris Exhibition the 1880 Melbourne Exhibition as well as an especially ornate exhibit at the Exposition Universelle in 1889 when Arthur Benda was the honorary president of the Mirror Manufacturers Syndicate. No copies located in Worldcat; See; The Official Catalogue of the Exhibits Melbourne International Exhibition 1880 p. 78; Journal Officiel de la Republique Francaise No. 258 Exposition Unverselle de 1889 p. 4400. A. Benda, 10, Rue des Archives, Imprimerie Lithographie Albums Industriels, J. Justin Storck, 24 Rue de l’Abbe Gregoire, paperback

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[ARCHITECTURE -- AMERICAN OPTICAL COMPANY PHOTO ALBUMS]. [WELLS, Channing M, WELLS, Albert B, & WELLS, J Cheney].Biblio.com

Interesting group of two photo albums with 94 silver gelatin photographs documenting the construction of the famed Lensdale optical factory and adjacent power plant whose innovative design with large windows to allow generous amounts of natural lighting were constructed entirely of cement to be fireproof. The Southbridge MA plant was the largest in the United States at the time of its completion.

190954120Southbridge MA: American Optical Co. Construction Dept. 1909-1915. Two vols. Oblong 4to. 10.75 x 7.5 in. 50; 50 pp unpaginated. on thick black paper stock with 83 silver gelatin photographs tipped-in sized 5 x 7 in. many dated w/in the negative 1 RPPC w/ split-back laid-in 11 loose photographs 3 linen-backed sized from 7 x 9 in. up to 8 x 10 in. some chipping minor creasing edgewear couple with closed tears. Photo albums w/ Eastman Kodak Forum Album B labels on rear pastedowns minor edgewear slight scuffing still VG exemplars. These albums include historic photographs documenting the construction of the new Lensdale factory power plant and dam from 1909 through 1910 across the Quinebaug River from the main plant in Southbridge Massachusetts. At the time the American Optical Co. was one of the largest and most respected optical companies in the world whose original factory was a converted textile mill. The first of the loose images shows the original plant with its Second Renaissance Revival front and clock tower in the distance with newly graveled road and construction just beginning. The remaining images show the tremendous construction project of erecting this massive fireproof structure built of reinforced concrete with floor to roof windows designed by engineers Samuel T. McIntosh and Albert B. Wells. The earliest photos dated 1909 show the grading of the site building the foundation forms construction of the dam erection of the walls to hold the massive windows pouring of the cement floors for each story and even the steam locomotive used on site. In addition the images show the construction of the steam chimney for the power plant erection of the power plant walls the final stages of the dam to power the the plant and finally the second floor stock room in 1915. By 1910 American Optical was employing over 2000 workers in and around Southbridge producing over 600000 gold/silver optical glass and lens framers per year and would eventually be the supplier for US Troops and Allied forces in World War I. American Optical pioneered hidden bifocal lenses rimless frames Crookes glass Calobar Sun Glasses with UV protections and later the original sunglasses worn by Neil Armstrong and the Apollo 11 crew. By 1992 American Optical relocated manufacturing operations to Mexico moved its heaquarters to San Diego and the site was demolished by the US Department of Defense only retaining the historic factory facade in Southbridge’s downtown center. See: National Register of Historic Places Continuation Sheet Southbridge Massachusetts 1989 Section 8 page 14-15; American Optical Celebrates 150th Anniversary June 18 1983. American Optical Co., Construction Dept., unknown

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[ARCHITECTURE -- MEXICO]. [MONDRAGON, Eulalio].Biblio.com

Interesting architectural album with 18 original photographs of Jazz Age homes built by Mondragon in and around present day Mexico City including imposing homes of brick & stone as well as Spanish Style stucco bungalows many with ornamental ironwork fences balconies and gates.

192849951General Anaya D.F. Mexico: Ave Monte Blanco 43 ca. 1928-1930. Oblong 4to. 28 pp unpaginated on thick black card stock w/ 18 original silver gelatin photographs sized from 2.5 x 3.75 in. up to 5 x 7 in. majority tipped-in or mounted with black corners some with caption included in the negative at lower fore-edge a few with ink annotations at fore-edge indicating Mondragon and the client’s name. Contemporary textured gray boards photo album sewn w/ dark gray-green leather tie at gutter margin through two holes minor rubbing scuffing to fore-edges a couple photos w/ very minor tears at lower corners slight soiling still VG exemplar. This intriguing photo album offers an excellent catalogue of several homes built by Eulalio Mondragon in and around Mexico City during the Jazz Age. Based out of his business address in the General Anaya Borough Mexican Federal District which was created in 1928 Mondragon displays here a number of modest Spanish-style bungalows with stucco brick decoration porches and elaborate iron fences & gates in front of the homes. A few have distinctive Art Deco elements reflected in the crenellations along the roof line as well as architectural features in the low walls in front of the homes with porches attached. One of the homes was a larger brick & stone house with large porch arched windows and even garage for an automobile seen dimly in the entrance below the house. One of the homes includes geometric patterns reminiscent of the Ennis House created by Frank Lloyd Wright to emulate a Mayan temple. This album offers an informative depiction of domestic architecture during the turbulent period right after the Mexican Revolution and at the time of the founding of the National Revolutionary Party in Mexico. Ave Monte Blanco 43, hardcover

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