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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
Extent: 9 items : graphite, ink, and diazo print ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm. or smaller
Note: Lot 130, Lot 131, and Lot 132, square 5741.
Note: Commission no. CA 55-COR.
Note: Drawings for other apartment houses were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1579, ADE - UNIT 1581, and ADE - UNIT 1582.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing site and apartment house as site plans, plans, elevations, sections, details, and diagrams; schedules; electrical systems and mechanical systems drawings; topographic maps.
Plot and grading plan, topographic
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite/ink on linen
Basement floor plans/plumbing diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 2 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Basement floor plans/plumbing diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 3 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Typical, ground, 1st & 2nd floors/canopy
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 4 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Front, rear, right & left elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 5 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Elevations - buildings 4, 5 & 6
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 6 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Plumbing risers - buildings 4, 5 & 6
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 7 (C size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Buildings 9-12 - elevations
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 8 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print/graphite on tracing paper
Basement floor heating plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1580, no. 9 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : diazo print/graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for an apartment house ("apartments"), 3rd Street and Atlantic Avenue, S.E. (square 6167), Washington, D.C., 1952
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1581
Extent: 2 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Commission no. CA 55-COR.
Note: Drawings for other apartment houses were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1579, ADE - UNIT 1580, and ADE - UNIT 1582.
Summary: Includes working drawings showing site and apartment house as plans, elevations, sections, details, and diagrams; electrical systems and mechanical systems drawings; topographic maps.
Basement floor plans/plot/plumbing diagram
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1581, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Elevations and roof detail
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1581, no. 2 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Architectural drawings for alterations to an apartment house ("Garfield Hill Apartments") for National Corporation for Housing Partnership, 24th Street, Hartford Street, and Irving Street, S.E., Washington, D.C., 1972
Creator: Drayer, Donald H. (Donald Hudson), 1909-1973, architect
Related Names: National Corporation for Housing Partnerships, client
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1582
Extent: 4 items : graphite ; in folder(s) 89 x 123 cm.
Note: Drawings for other apartment houses were found interfiled and processed as ADE - UNIT 1579, ADE - UNIT 1580, and ADE - UNIT 1581.
Summary: Includes preliminary drawings showing site and apartment house as site plans and plans; schedules; electrical systems and HVAC drawings.
1st floor plan
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1582, no. 1 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Site plan and schedule
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1582, no. 2 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
Basement floor plans
Call No.: ADE - UNIT 1582, no. 3 (E Size)
Extent: 1 item : graphite on tracing paper
1st, 2nd and 3rd floor plans
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