Finding Aid for the Powers, Daly and DeRosa drawings, 1956-1957 0000320

Finding aid prepared by Chris Marino
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Arts Building Room 1434
University of California
Santa Barbara, California, 93106-7130
805-893-2724
adc@museum.ucsb.edu


Title: Powers, Daly and DeRosa drawings
Identifier/Call Number: 0000320
Contributing Institution: Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 6.0 Linear feet (2 flat file folders)
Date (inclusive): 1956-1957
creator: Powers, Daly and DeRosa.

Access

Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.

Preferred Citation note

De Rose, Daly and Powers drawings, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.

Biographical/Historical note

The firm Powers, Daly and DeRosa, Architects was founded in 1952 and based in Long Beach, California. Composed of A. W. Daly, P. B. DeRosa, and Gordon F. Powers, the firm specialized in designing bowling centers. The firm dissolved in 1964.

Scope and Content note

The Powers, Daly and DeRosa drawings span 6 linear feet and date from 1956 to 1957. The collection consists of two flat file folders, each containing drawings which document two different projects. Projects include Friendly Hills Bowl (Long Beach, California) and Bowlium (Monte Vista, California).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Powers, Daly and DeRosa.
Architectural drawings
Blueprints
Reprographic copies

FlatFile 1

Friendly Hills Bowl (Long Beach, Calif.) 1956

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)

Scope and Content note

29 architectural drawings in the form of blueprints. Drawings include: layout for kitchen and restaurant, plot plan, roof plan, floor plans, elevations (exterior and interior), sections, details, foundation plan. Some of the blueprints are annotated with white color pencil.
FlatFile 2

Bowlium (Monte Vista, Calif.) 1957

Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 3.0 Linear feet (1 flat file folder)

Scope and Content note

23 architectural drawings in the form of blueprints. Drawings include: foundation plan and details, roof framing plan, details, elevations (interior and exterior), canopy sections, and floor plan.