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Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Store for Henry Birks and Sons Ltd.
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File
Reference code
CA CAC 1-3-353
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Statement of scale (cartographic)
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Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
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February 1929-October 1929 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
114 drawings : 57 pencil on paper, 3 watercolour on paper, 54 blueprints
cm of textual records
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Archival description area
Name of creator
(1910-1944)
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Scope and content
File consists of architectural drawings for retail store (basement, 2 floors; marble; cast iron; steel frame) and file folder of notes. Drawings include:
4 development drawings: floor plan, stained glass cartoons
9 working drawings: floor plans, roof plan, elevations, sections
57 detail drawings: floor plan, arch, stained glass, screens, lettering, stair, skylights, windows, staircase, doors, lighting, fittings, doorway, sidewalk, zodiac panels, marquise, sash, leaded glass, partitions, elevator, mullions, structure, sills, woodwork (including panelling, trim, handrail, windows, doors), ironwork (including mullions, frame, metal breasts), plasterwork (including cornice, rosettes, ornament), bronze work, marble work (including trim, baseboards, door frame, flooring, entrance, pilasters, entablature, grilles)
42 shop drawings: bronze work (including shop front, decoration, threshold), mullions, structural plans, show cases, door
2 consultant drawings: windows, show cases
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General note
Fordyce and Stevenson, resident architects in Calgary, Alberta.
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Nobbs database project ID
354
Nobbs database op number
403