- Collection:
- The Blues, Black Vaudeville, and the Silver Screen, 1912-1930s: Selections from the Records of Macon's Douglass Theatre
- Title:
- Letter: Macon, Georgia to Charles Henry Douglass, Jr., Macon, Georgia, 1912 Mar. 8
- Creator:
- Clark, R. A.
- Date of Original:
- 1912-03-08
- Subject:
- Plasterers--Georgia--Macon
Plastering--Georgia--Macon
Moldings--Georgia--Macon
Theaters--Decoration--Georgia--Macon
Decoration and ornament--Georgia--Macon
Contractors--Georgia--Macon
Construction contracts--Georgia--Macon
Douglass, Charles Henry, 1870-1940
Douglass Theatre (Macon, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- letters (correspondence)
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
text/html - Description:
- Letter from R. A. Clark, Macon plaster contractor and part of R. E. Clark & Son, to Charles Henry Douglass, African American entrepreneur and owner of the Douglass Theater, dated March 8, 1912, presenting a list of ornaments Clark agrees to furnish for the Douglass Theatre on Fourth Street (now Broadway), valued at one hundred dollars. R. E. Clark & Son provided the plasterwork for Macon's Saint Joseph's Catholic Church.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the Digital Library of Georgia in 2005, as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. - Local Identifier:
- dbr010
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/dtrm/id:dbr010
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_dtrm_dbr010
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_dtrm_dbr010/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], Theater Records Series, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. Business Records, 1906-1967, Middle Georgia Archives, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- [1] p.
Manuscript held by the Middle Georgia Archives, Washington Memorial Library, Charles Henry Douglass, Jr. business records, 1906-1967, box 19, folder 161, document 1. - Holding Institution:
- Washington Memorial Library, Middle Georgia Regional Library
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
[Note: This document contains typewritten, handwritten, and printed text.]
[printed text:
ROBT. [ROBERT] E. CLARK Local and Long Distance Phone 2629 R. A. CLARK
R. E. CLARK & SON
ESTABLISHED 1890
RUNNING OF PLAIN MOULDINGS FOR CHURCHES, THEATRES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND RESIDENCES
CONTRACTS TAKEN FOR PLASTERING
CAPS, BRACKETS, MOULDINGS, &c. [et cetera], FOR INTERIOR OR EXTERIOR--SPECIALTIES
ORNAMENTAL ARTIFICIAL STONE WORK A SPECIALTY
Reference. Macon Architects and Contractors
MACON, GA. [GEORGIA]] [typewritten text: Mar. [March] 8, 1912.
Mr. Douglas,
Macon, Ga . [Georgia]
Dear Sir: --
I hereby agree to furnish ornaments for Picture Theatre on Fourth St. [Street], as follows: --
2 Lady Heads
I [1] Centrepiece [Centerpiece]
6 Corinthian Pilaster Caps
6 Brackets
4 Rosettes]
[written text: 40] [typewritten text: ft. [feet] of Cove Freize [Frieze]]
[written text: 54] [typewritten text: Carol Leaf Moulding [Molding] for Walls]
[written text: 34 ft [feet]] [typewritten text: " " " " [Carol Leaf Molding for] Ceiling]
[written text: 39 ft. [feet]] [typewritten text: " " " " [Carol Leaf Molding for] Curtain Opening
For the sum of] [written text: One Hundred Dollars $1,0000]
[typewritten text: Yours truly,]
[Signed] [written text: R. A. Clark]
Accepted. [written text: 4 [unclear text: lights]]