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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Six reprographic copies of original drawings by Frank Lloyd Wright from roll originally labeled "'60 Years of Living Architecture' - Exhibition Pavilion for L.A., Frank Lloyd Wright."
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Titles from the 1970s include Architectural Forum, Architectureplus, Monumentum, Heritage Canada, and Windsor Station/La Gare Windsor, the latter a booklet published by the Friends of Windsor Station describing its history and restoration. Titles from the 1980s include Ambiente, Architecture California, Gentlemen's Quarterly, Historic Preservation, Progressive Architecture, and Regionale West.
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Two photograph albums showing work on Frank Lloyd Wright buildings, including Storer House.
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See Series II, Subseries A: Writings and Related Research, Paul Williams drawings, for information about the drawings in Box 114, Rolls 159-160; and Series II, Subseries F: Posters and Drawings, for information about Frank Lloyd Wright drawings, Box 114, Roll 161.
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This collection contains the personal and professional papers of architect Martin Eli Weil (1940-2009), relating to Weil's work as a restoration architect and consultant in Los Angeles and Southern California. The collection contains correspondence; project and business records; reports; contracts; notes and research files; appointment books; drawings, including approximately 2920 rolled drawings; approximately 5000 photographs, chiefly snapshots depicting work in progress; material samples, including approximately 2000 fragments of wood or other surfaces containing paint samples; and 46 media files documenting the career of Martin Eli Weil; the materials date from 1964 until 2009. Files document 428 individual projects, including Frank Lloyd Wright structures such as Barnsdall Park and Hollyhock House; the restoration of the El Capitan Theater; and jobs undertaken as a consultant for the cities of San Gabriel, La Verne, Porterville, and Monrovia, California. The collection also includes papers reflecting Weil's service as Restoration Services Director for the Restoration Services Division of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs in Canada from 1971-1978; his work as an instructor in historic preservation at the University of Southern California from 1981-2009; his writing, chiefly as an architecture columnist for the Larchmont Chronicle; his involvement with the Harvard Heights community in Los Angeles, where he lived; and his Master's thesis project.
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Includes materials from Rancho Los Alamitos; Rancho Los Cerritos; Virginia Robinson Gardens; Rose City Dental; San Gabriel Bank; Santa Clarita Historical Society; South Pasadena High School Auditorium; and South Seas House. Also includes piece of an original cast-concrete block designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for the Storer House, 1923.
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