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Description: Residences: J. K. Asder; Beddoe (Palisades del Rey); Joseph Durkin (Los Angeles and Palm Springs); Haigh; L. C. Miller (San Gabriel); D. W. Pontius (Los Angeles); unidentified bar/lounge room. One photograph of the Bolster & Bonham building.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1902-1948.
Call number: archEager
Creator: Eager, Wesley (1892-1948)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Kubly, 1979 and 2002.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

Photographs and ephemera

Visual Materials

Snapshots and professional photographs of unidentified residences; announcement card for opening of new offices (Wesley Eager); patent drawings, 1931 (Wesley Eager); clippings; copies of architectural renderings for Tower Motel, Consolidated Studios building, and Proposed Boots and Saddles Ranch, Palm Springs.

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Wesley Eager presentation album

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Oversized album with leather covers. Photographs by Miles Berne and Mott Studios, Los Angeles. Includes photographs of the following residences: Iva Beddoe, William Dodd, Joseph Durkin (Los Angeles), L. C. Miller, D. W. Pontius, and unidentified. Also "Factory Building."

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Durkin, Joseph, residence, Palm Springs, California

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Plans and drawings. Written on sheet: "Palm Canyon Mesa Tract #2 / NW corner of Camino del Monte and Camino Carmelita."

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Dodd, William J., two residences, Laughlin Park, Los Angeles

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Over 20 sheets of plans and drawings. "Residence for W. J. Dodd, architect" written on sheet. William J. Dodd was an architect in Los Angeles.

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Home of Fritz Burns, 200 Waterloo St., Palisades del Rey

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Image of the home known as "Waterview" owned by Fritz Burns, a former Los Angeles land developer, at 200 Waterloo Street (later 200 Waterview Street) in Palisades del Rey (current-day Playa Del Rey) in Los Angeles, California.

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Palisades del Rey, Los Angeles. July 19, 1925

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A panoramic view of the Palisades del Rey development by Dickinson & Gillespie, in Los Angeles. The photograph, taken from a tower, shows the relatively undeveloped Palisades, with houses under construction and teams of donkeys grading the land, in the foreground, with Marina del Rey in the distance on the right. Writing in white in lower left corner reads "No 682 ; Palissades [sic] del Rey ; 7-19-1925".

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