Friday, February 25, 2011

Verona, Italy with Walker & Weeks

Here are some great old postcards of Verona from the collection of Walker & Weeks architects. They probably took a trip to Italy and collected the cards for inspirational examples. Frank R. Walker (1877-1949) and Harry F. Weeks (1871-1935) established their firm in Cleveland, Ohio in 1911. They were well known for their bank buildings, but they also designed churches, libraries, hospitals, and bridges. I'm thankful that their postcards fell into my hands.

All of the postcards have the same stamp on the back.

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8 comments:

  1. Postcard RoundupFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:01 AM

    The top-most card...is that a giant mosquito on that poster?!

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    It is always neat to see fragments of old city walls/gates incorporated into the contemporary cityscape, and Verona is pretty lovely anyway...

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  3. Tattered and LostFebruary 25, 2011 at 1:30 PM

    Ohhhhh, I get to do some serious step-into-the-photo time traveling!

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  4. Christine H.February 25, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    Mark, I think it is a giant mosquito. I tried to enlarge it to get a better view, but couldn't really tell.

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  5. danJuly 7, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    How did you come into these? Harry E. Weeks was my great-grandfather. I'm always interested in learning more.

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  6. Christine H.July 7, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    Hi Dan,
    These cards were sent to me by acquaintance who lives in the south. If you send me an email at drawthatbridge at gmail dot com, I'd be happy to give you more details.

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  7. David J GillApril 15, 2013 at 9:43 PM

    I recently bought an Italian postcard that also had the same Walker & Weeks stamp on the back. Fortunately the seller had included that detail in the info they posted with the card so it came up when I searched Walker & Weeks on eBay. I am an architect and originally from the Cleveland area and have taken some interest in the work of this memorable firm. If and when you follow-up on this site I would also (referring to dan's comment above) be interested in anything you have learned about the cards and their connection to the firm.

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  8. Christine H.April 19, 2013 at 4:43 PM

    Hi David,
    I think the only details I could have provided to Dan would be how I came to get these cards, but it doesn't really provide any information about the firm. I can imagine them having files of these cards that they referred to when designing a building.

    I probably have two dozen of them. At first I didn't think much of them, but some of them are full of rich detail when you look at them closely. These are cards that really benefit from being scanned and enlarged.

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