Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Group photograph of over 100 employees at site, including Wallace Neff, who worked there at the beginning of his career. Credited to: "International Examiner Bldg. Los Angeles."
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This collection contains photographs, papers and published articles related to Los Angeles architect Wallace Neff (1895-1982) and his work designing residential and public buildings, primarily in Southern California, approximately 1913-1960s. The bulk of the collection consists of photographs of residential exteriors and interiors, with some views of other buildings; photographs of Neff's sketches; photographs of architectural drawings; portraits of Neff and family members; and correspondence and patent drawings pertaining to airform construction. The airform construction or "Bubble house" materials also include snapshots of airform housing under construction in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 1961. An autograph copy of Neff's book "Architecture of Southern California" (Rand McNally, 1964) is also part of this collection (Box 6).
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Primarily 8 x 10-inch prints in cardboard mats. Residences: Marion-Thomson, Clark B. Millikan, Wallace Neff (own residence, San Marino). Other: Neff-Ruppel building.
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Residences: Wallace Neff (own house, San Marino), Robert K. Straus, King Vidor (1928 and 1936 houses), Sol Wurtzel.
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Includes various letters to and from Wallace Neff, in French, German, and English; a postcard; calling cards; photographs.
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Wallace Neff Jr. compiled and edited the book "Wallace Neff: Architect of California's Golden Age" (published 1986), with text by Alson Clark. This file contains Clark's book proposal, as well as a guest list and photographs of the book publication party held at the Marion-Thomson estate (Wallace Neff, architect), on January 18, 1987. Includes hundreds of thumbnail-size photographs of guests at the party, and some larger photographs showing the house exterior.
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