Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Rare Books
The freaks of Mayfair
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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
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.
photCL MLP
Visual Materials
Four men in suits point at a large aerial view of Alhambra with the Mayfair Tract front and center, and adjacent land marks indicated. Two of the men are standing, one is sitting, and one is crouching. One of the standing men is supporting an oversized umbrella. In the background is a billboard for the Mayfair Tract.
photCL Whitt 0458 ; Whitt neg. 0349
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Manuscripts
A.MS. (7p.); 28cm.
OEB 763
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Manuscripts
Removed from Box 2, Folder 28 [p. 359]. 8 x 11 cm
mssParkerm