Name/Title
WORKMAN HOUSE PORCH RESTORATION, 1978Entry/Object ID
99.5.8.202Description
Color: Black; White
A black and white photograph of the Workman House south porch restoration, ca. June-July 1978. The porch, which is to the left of the image, has a work horse sustaining two boards; a step ladder; and beams leaning against the east wall on it. Two wood paneled doors, one on the south wall and the other on the east, are on the far left. To the right is the porch rail with turned balusters and two plain posts topped by brackets. Over the porch the ceiling is wood with horizontal beams while in the back, and to the right, is a portion of the pitched wood-shingled roof. Beneath the cornice of the roof are brackets. On the far right, without the outer layer of decorative plaster, is the southeast brick room which has a an arched window in the middle with molded brackets on either side. Part of a steel scaffold, a tree, and the wall are on the far right. Written in black on the top left corner is: "WORKMAN RESIDENCE/ -SOUTH PORCH - EAST ELEVATION - Before restoration/ -JEFF TYLER, ALHAMBRA, CA./ -photo. neg. #116/ -no scale/ -taken ca. Jun/ July 1978." To the right is a stamp with the name and business information of restoration architect Raymond Girvigina. Below is another stamp with the date, "NOV 14 1981." With no signs of wear, the image is in good condition.
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Two-dimensional, Photographs, Architecure, Domestic, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Brick walls, City of Industry (Calif.)--Homestead Museum--Workman House, Adobe houses--City of Industry (Calif.)