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Ruth Havey to Mildred Bliss, July 31, 1953

 
Accession number L:RH 1953.07.31
Sender
Recipient
Garden Area
R Street
Date
1953
Work types
correspondence

Description

Discusses Ruth Havey's visit to Washington, D.C. to meet with Lothar A. Freund of Lothar A. Freund Ironworks and take final measurements for the R Street entrance gates. Havey has plans to be in Washington for one week, August 11-18, 1953.

Includes note indicating [Philip] Finelli of District Ornamental Ironworks of Washington, D.C. and Colasanti? would be best for constructing a type of fountain.

A fountain sketch is included in correspondence L:RH 1954.02.04 which may be the fountain referred to in the brief note.

Handwritten in blue ink.

Title created by cataloger.

Subjects

meetings
ironwork (visual works)
gates
measurements (dimensions)
Dumbarton Oaks Gardens (Washington, D.C.)
travel
Freund, Lothar A.
Lothar A. Freund Ironworks
fountains
District Ornamental Ironworks
Finelli, Philip
letters (correspondence)
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)