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Impressing the Client
1868-1940.

This exhibit examines ways architects present their work to potential clients. Part I features proposals for tombs and memorials from the Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Company, 1918-1940; part II features residence proposals from New Orleans architect James Freret, 1868-1891.

This exhibit, including items not in the online version, is also on view in our reading room in Jones Hall, Room 300, May 11, 2007 - March 31, 2008 during our normal hours.

 

Part I. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Company, 1918-1940 (below)

Part II. James Freret, 1868-1891 (click here)

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1. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Proposal for tomb of Joseph Vaccaro, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. c.1920.
1 of 5 proposals.		 2. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Proposal for tomb of Joseph Vaccaro, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. c.1920.
2 of 5 proposals.
 

 

  

 
3. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Proposal for tomb of Joseph Vaccaro, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. c.1920.
3 of 5 proposals.		 4. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Proposal for tomb of Joseph Vaccaro, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. c.1920.
4 of 5 proposals.
 

 

  

 
5. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Proposal for tomb of Joseph Vaccaro, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. c.1920.
Selected design.		 6. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Joseph Vaccaro Tomb, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. c.1920.
 

 
7. Bronze sculptural element from the Weiblen showroom. c.1920's.  8. Bronze sculptural element from the Weiblen showroom. c.1920's.
 

 

  

 
9. Bronze sculptural element from the Weiblen showroom. c.1920's. 10. Bronze sculptural element from the Weiblen showroom. c.1920's.
 

 

  

 
11. Metal sign used by Weiblen during construction of tombs. 12. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Photo of showroom, 116 City Park Avenue, New Orleans. c.1940.
 

 

  

 
13. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Processing plant, Stone Mountain, GA. c.1930's. 14. Albert Weiblen Marbel & Granite Co. stone quarry, Stone Mountain, GA.
 

 

  

 
15. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Photo of Lucca Vaccaro Tomb, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA. c.1920's. 16. Advertising card for Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. c.1920's, showing Downman Tomb, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans. 
 

 

  

 
17. Advertising card for Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. c.1920's, showing Buck Tomb, Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans.  18. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Photo of Thomas Egleston Monument, Atlanta, GA.
1918.
 

 

  

 
19. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Photo of plaster model of Ninth Ward World War Memorial, McCarty Square, New Orleans. c.1919. 20. Albert Weiblen Marble & Granite Co. Photo of Ninth Ward World War Memorial, McCarty Square, New Orleans. c.1920.
 

 

  

 

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Part II. James Freret, 1868-1891 (click here)

 
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