A Collection of Golf Course and Landscape Architecture Ephemera including Architectural Rendering and Aerial Photographs, 1928-1931 - Miller Collection
A collection of approximately 10 pieces of ephemera documenting golf course design, drainage engineering, and landscape architecture from the late 1920s to the early 1930s. The group features an original architectural drawing in graphite and ink on paper titled B.E. TAYLOR, GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB BELFORD TWP. WAYNE CO. and signed WESTON & ELLINGTON ARCHT & ENGR DETROIT, MICH. The drawing includes a handwritten query: Why this, and where is it on the plan?
The collection contains several gelatin silver aerial photographs documenting sprawling landscapes and estates. Verso markings include a stamp for THE NEGATIVE OF THIS PHOTOGRAPH IS IN THE FILES OF CURTISS-WRIGHT FLYING SERVICE PHOTO DIVISION 350 W. 31st ST., NEW YORK CITY and CURTISS WRIGHT FLYING SERVICE, INC. Aerial Survey Division 350 West 31st Street, N. Y. C. Other photographs bear stamps from The Camera Shop, 18 MONROE AVE., Opposite Monument Park, Grand Rapids, Mich. with order numbers 30987 and 30980.
Correspondence included in the lot consists of two typed letters on R.L. NAFZIGER INVESTMENT COMPANY letterhead from Kansas City, Missouri, dated January 3 and April 10, 1931. These are addressed to Wendell P. Miller & Associates of Chicago, Illinois, and discuss aerial photographs of Mr. Nafziger's farm buildings. A handwritten internal note dated 4/30/31 is signed CWT.
Additional documentation includes a typed description for Glenview Club, Golf, Ill. dated July 15, 1928, regarding turf fertilization, and promotional photostat material for the UNIVERSAL SYSTEM by the UNIVERSAL NOZZLE COMPANY of Indianapolis, Indiana. A colorized print identifies the Knollwood Club, Lake Forest, Ill. 8 1/2" x 11".
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