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Design drawing for consoles ("brackets for a china cabinet"), 1971
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1572
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Drayer's drawing for a table was found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1571.
Summary: Working drawing showing brackets as elevations, sections, and details.
F.S. details
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1572, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for row houses ("6 houses") for the Gwynn Estate, 3015-3025 Orchard Lane, N.W. (lots 244 and 245, square 1269), Washington, D.C., 1956
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Lot 244 and Lot 245, square 1269.
Note: Commission no. RA 56-GWYNN.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing site and row houses as site plans, plans, elevations, sections, details, and diagrams; structural, electrical systems, and mechanical systems drawings.
Plot plan/house & wall section/garden wall
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st and 2nd wall/plumbing diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 2 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front, left & right elevations/cornice
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 3 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Rear and east elevations/section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1573, no. 4 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings of milling machinery ("old mill"), 1931-1973
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 35 x 46 cm.
Note: Building name from envelope in which drawings were found.
Note: Date based on span of years that Drayer was active as an architect.
Note: Architect's name not on drawings; attribution based on provenance.
Summary: Sketches showing milling machinery as perspective projections; renderings.
Interior perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 1 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Random, faint lines on verso
Interior perspective
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 2 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Sketch of monkey & bird on verso
Sketch perspective of machinery
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 3 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Perspective - view through window
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1574, no. 4 (A size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on paper
Note: Sketch on verso
Design drawings for artillery ("Idea for setting time fuse on projectile inside gun"), 1944
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1575
Extent: 2 items : graphite, ink, and diazo print ; in folder(s) 51 x 61 cm.
Summary: Includes preliminary drawings showing artillery as plans, sections, details, and diagrams.
Section - gun & project/electrical diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1575, no. 1 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : ink/graphite on tracing paper
Section - gun & project/electrical diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1575, no. 2 (B size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print on paper
Design drawing for a chest of drawers, 1947
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1576
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 56 x 71 cm.
Summary: Working drawing showing chest of drawers as elevations, sections, and details.
Front & side elevation/top & side section
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1576, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Design drawing for a hobby horse, 1931-1973
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1577
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Date based on span of years that Drayer was active as an architect.
Note: Drawing not signed; attribution based on provenance.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing hobby horse as elevations.
Rocking horse - side & end elevation
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1577, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Design drawing for office equipment ("postal scale, register, and stamp machine"), 1942
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, designer
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1578
Extent: 1 item : graphite ; in folder(s) 71 x 102 cm.
Note: Drawing indicates Donald H. Drayer is the inventor.
Summary: Preliminary drawing showing scale, cash register, and stamp machine as details, perspective projections, and diagrams.
Perspective, elevations & details
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1578, no. 1 (D size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for an apartment house ("Garfield Apartments") for Herman Schmidt and Garfield Housing Corporation, 23rd Street and Hartford Street, S.E., Washington, D.C., 1948-1950
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Related Names: Schmidt, Herman, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579
Extent: 8 items : graphite, ink, and diazo print ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm. or smaller
Note: Commission no. CA 55-COR.
Note: Drawings for other apartment houses were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1580, ADE - UNIT 1581, and ADE - UNIT 1582.
Summary: Includes preliminary and working drawings showing site and apartment house as site plans, plans, elevations, and sections; schedules; electrical systems drawings; topographic maps.
Topographic map
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 1 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Preliminary topographic site plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 2 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/ink on tracing paper
Plot plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 3 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Typical ground, 1st & 2nd floors
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 4 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Ground floor plans, exterior elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 5 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Exterior elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 6 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Landscape & planting plot plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 7 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Exterior elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1579, no. 8 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print/graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for an apartment house ("apartments") for Karl W. Corby Construction Corp., 2840, 2844, 2850, 2908, 2912, and 2920 Langston Place, S.E. (lots 130, 131, and 132, square 5741), Washington, D.C., 1952-1955
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Related Names: Karl W. Corby Construction Corp., client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580
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