Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Jacob Berg design for architectural panels
- Dates:
- circa 1930
- Creators:
- Berg, Jacob
- Extent:
- 10.0 Linear feet (1 box and three architectural panels)
- Language:
- Preferred citation:
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Jacob Berg design for architectural panels, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Jacob Berg collection comprises three decorative panels that were installed on the second floor of the Gray Shop, which stood on the corner of 20th and Broadway in Oakland from 1931-1978. The architectural embellishments are cast aluminum panels in the art deco style. Accompanying the three panels, are a series of photographs and negatives that feature the panels.
- Biographical / historical:
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Jacob Berg was an Oakland-based woodcarver and artist during the 1930s.
- Custodial history:
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Gift of Oakland Museum of Art, 1979. Transferred from AD&A Museum's fine arts collection to the Architecture and Design Collection, 2009.
- Physical location:
- Box 1/ADC - regular 3 decorative aluminum panels/Devereux (33 X 75 1/2 X 4"(one) and 44 X 75 1/1 X 5" (two))
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Sponsor:
- The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2018-06-28T10:36-0700
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Partially processed collection, open for use by qualified researchers.
- Preferred citation:
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Jacob Berg design for architectural panels, Architecture and Design Collection. Art, Design & Architecture Museum; University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA 93106-7130, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-2724