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Date(s)
- 1915- 1970 (Creation)
Extent
Bound album and 4 folders
(3 folders of photographs & 1 folder of clippings and correspondence)
Expandable album with hinged metal covers. Front cover has raised initials SCD. The S is missing.
Some photographs are attached with tape that is brittle and deteriorating.
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Album compiled by Davis as a record of his projects. Includes photographs, newspaper clippings, and tear sheets documenting his career as a commercial and residential building contractor in New York, Florida and Los Angeles. Most of the projects featured were completed by his company, S. C. Davis Construction Company, Inc., in Miami Beach. Several were photographed by commercial photographer William Fishbaugh.
Davis’ career began around 1915 with the construction of apartment buildings in New York City. He operated his company for several years between New York and Miami before joining the Taylor Company as Director of Projects after serving as their project manager for the Dupont Plaza Building in Miami. Davis later headed Taylor’s Los Angeles office.
Projects include the:
Everglades Cabana Club, 1926
Hantman residence, Allison Island, 1939
Rosetta Theatre, 7927 NE 2nd Ave
Pine Tree Drive residences
Richmond Naval Air Station
Howard Johnson Inn
DuPont Plaza, 1956
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Languages of the material
- English
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Gift. Accession number: