Alden Hopkins to Mildred Bliss, May 3, 1959
Accession number | F1:Hopkins 1959.05.03 |
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Sender | |
Recipient | |
Garden Area |
Lilac Circle
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Date |
1959
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Work types |
correspondence
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Description
Letter discusses construction work for the Camellia Garden or Lilac Circle. It mentions that work will be done in accordance with Alden Hopkins's drawing #93-03 which has been approved by Mildred Bliss and Michael Rapuano. Estimate received from G. Morris Steinbraker & Sons for the work is $3620 with an additional $600-$750 needed for the revived planting.
Letter received at Dumbarton Oaks, May 6, 1959.
The estimate was enclosed with the letter.
Copies of the letter also sent to John Thacher and Michael Rapuano.
Handsigned in ink.
Title created by cataloger.
Subjects
gardens (open spaces)
G. Morris Steinbraker & Son, Inc.
Steinbraker, G. Morris
cap mouldings
walls
plans (orthographic projections)
planting plans
estimates
construction (assembling)
construction drawings
plants
bulbs (plants)
evergreens
trees
letters (correspondence)
cost
architectural drawings (visual works)
travel
Naples (Italy)
Lisbon (Portugal)
Barcelona (Spain)
Rapuano, Michael
Washington (D.C.)
Collection
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
Repository
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number | F1:Hopkins 1959.05.03 |
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Sender | |
Recipient | |
Garden Area |
Lilac Circle
|
Date |
1959
|
Work types |
correspondence
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