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Scope and Content note
Title: Smith O'Brien drawing of the Youth Directory building (San Francisco, Calif.)
Identifier/Call Number: 0000291
Contributing Institution:
Architecture and Design Collection, Art, Design & Architecture Museum
Language of Material:
English
Container: 545
Physical Description:
3.0 Linear feet
(1 flat file folder)
Date: 1908
creator:
O'Brien, Smith
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Preferred Citation note
Finding Aid for the Smith O'Brien drawing of the Youth Directory building (San Francisco, Calif.), Architecture and Design
Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Biographical/Historical note
Smith O’Brien was born circa 1863. He worked as a draftsman for architect Clinton Day whose practice was based in San Francisco,
California. O’Brien later became a partner with architect Frederick Herman Meyer, a partnership which lasted from 1902 to
1908. O’Brien began to practice independently circa 1915 in the San Francisco bay area.
Scope and Content note
The Smith O’Brien drawing of the Youth Directory building spans 3 linear feet and dates from 1908. The collection is composed
of one presentation drawing in the form of a reprographic copy. Drawing is dated 1908 and depicts the front elevation of the
building which is located, as noted on the drawing, on the south west corner of 19th Street and Church Street in San Francisco,
California.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
O'Brien, Smith
Architectural drawings
Presentation drawings (proposals)
Reprographic copies