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Title: Architect and engineer
Year: 1905 (1900s)
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Subjects: Architecture Architecture Architecture Building
Publisher: San Francisco : Architect and Engineer, Inc
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library

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our paleblue of white skies and the cool green ofLake Michigan. The colors used, dark red, bright red,the strongest blues and black (too muchblack) with lemon yellow and some largeareas of strong dark yellow, are too hotto please me. But perhaps I am one of those who pre-fer blue to red. Of the significance of the Fair as an ex-hibition of a Century of Progress, it isnot my purpose to speak except to say thatit is crammed with interest for the seriousas well as the more frivolous and no oneshould miss it, be he seeking instrucion ormerely entertainment. The night effects of color and light alonemake an outstanding spectacle which bringsme back to the point I started from. In theatrical parlance the show shouldbe billed about as follows: A Century of ProgressThe World s Greatest Spectacle,Featuring William LightmanAssisted by James Colorboy,and a distinguished company of guards,landscapers, ticket takers and architects. T.HE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 23 ► AUGUST, NINETEEN THIRTY-THREE
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z q: J < ^ < Qi < XI <X < DQ Q cc < 0 H X 2 z < LO < 2 tLl - D3 ui a Q z < X u u <p-l 15 X z < THE ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER ^ 24 ► AUGUST, NINETEEN THIRTY-THHEB THE JIG-SAW OF THE EIGHTIES by GORDON L PERSKE The house described in this article is one ofseveral famous landmarks in Eureka, California.The writer says he found the house intenselyfascinating, and offers the suggestion that the placemight prove a lure to others interested in archi-tecture, particularly those ivho have followed thehistory and development of residence design inthis country. The accompanying sketches were made with afountain pen while sitting in a car. Although some-what roughly done, they will serve to give thereader a very comprehensive idea of the archi-tecture of the place. It. ET us drop themodern jig-saw for awhile and go backsome fifty years to another one—a lumberbarons baronial hall — in the townof Eureka. California —

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