Sir,

I work for a blueprint comapny here in Carlsbad, with
an emphasis on archives.  We have spoken in the past,
back when I was working in archaeology.

Please give me a call at either 760.931.0504 (work) or
619.994.6686 (cell).

--- Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> While researching the architectural heritage of
> Frank O. Wells in San  Diego, 
> CA, recently, I encountered a man with a box of
> Wells' plans for a half  
> dozen houses. He agreed to donate them to a local
> repository for public benefit,  
> as long as I got him copies. The rub is that they
> are 80-years old, rolled up, 
>  acidic, and in some places crumbling. I took them
> to the repository, but 
> they  want the plans flat and encapsulated. Does
> anyone on this list have 
> experience  with flattening old architectural plans
> (or archaeology field maps)? I 
> sure  would hate to spend thousands of dollars here.
>  
> Wells designed a broad range of house styles between
> 1923 and 1930. After  
> being raised in the Arizona mining and saloon
> industry, he worked in the  
> Hollywood silent film industry before studying
> architecture in Europe. He  arrived 
> in San Diego and began drawing plans for Spanish
> Eclectic and Pueblo  style 
> houses (some survive), as well as English and
> Colonial. After his death at  age 
> 94, his widow went into conservatorship and the
> antique dealers dumped all  his 
> life work (except the cache of plans we recently
> found). I feel it would be  
> a great pity to be unable to save them for
> posterity.
>  
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
> 


Cheers,

Brad Holderman
619.994.6686
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