Rare Books
The marriage of Elinor
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Views of decorating ideas and house furnishings; a buffet with guests.
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Visual Materials
Maynard L. Parker negatives, photographs, and other material consists of 57,893 black-and-white negatives, color transparencies, black-and-white prints, and color prints; 39 presentation albums; and 17 boxes of office records, 1930-1974. Created primarily by Maynard Parker, the archive documents the residential and non-residential work of architects, interior designers, landscape architects, artists, builders, real estate developers, and clients associated with these fields, foremost among them the magazine House Beautiful. Also included in the collection are photographs taken by other individuals, such as architect Cliff May and Parker's assistant, Charles Yerkes.
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Manuscripts
Two letters of correspondence between Mr. and Mrs. Bell (David and Elinore) and Otis Chandler. Also in this folder, attached to a note from Elke Corley, is a photocopy of the article printed by the Los Angeles Herald Examiner regarding the death of Mr. and Mrs. Bell's son, Gary Bell, a Los Angeles Times Pressman.
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