Analysis. San Gabriel Valley Hospital

San Gabriel, Ca: Quintin & Westberg, Architects, 1953. Very good.. [18]pp., printed rectos only, plus seventeen full-page mounted photographs. Quarto. Contemporary cardboard covers with clear outer wrappers, spiral bound. Minor wear, a couple of text leaves, a few photographs, and the rear cover detached but present. A seemingly-unique report on the proposed small-scale San Gabriel Valley Hospital, prepared by Robert Quintin of the architectural firm of Quintin & Westberg in midcentury California. The text includes an introduction, interviews with the architects and the hospital, and a conclusion, beginning with a historical background on the architectural needs of the group of medical doctors building the hospital, and also including construction specifics, "acoustical necessities," and more from the architects' perspective. The second section comes from an interview conducted with the hospital's representative, David A. Lawrence, who discusses management of the facility, the quality and workability of the facility, suggests numerous changes to the hospital based on his experience there, and more. The text is illustrated with numerous photographs showing architectural plans, exterior views, and several interior views of various hospital locations, such as the lobby, major surgery, minor surgery, a typical patient room, a corridor, the delivery room, nursery, kitchen, boiler room, and so forth. There are also a few hand-drawn diagrams within the text. The architectural firm of Quintin & Westberg was based in Alhambra and lasted between 1941 and 1953, at which time the principals Scott Quintin and Edwin Westberg went their own ways. The present report is signed in type on the last page by Scott Quintin's son Robert, who was in his twenties at the time and working as a draftsman for his father's firm. No copies in OCLC, and likely prepared in very few copies for those involved with building the hospital.