Visual Materials

Presentation photographs

Description: Album with suede binding containing 17 gelatin silver photographs of Yoch and Council's work on George Cukor's estate. The photographs, by Fred R. Dapprich, depict exterior views including the pool, statues, patios, and gardens; several of the photographs are signed by Dapprich. Most of the photographs have no captions.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1869, 1906-2013.
Call number: archYoch
Creator: Yoch, Florence(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of James J. Yoch and Nancy Yoch, 2015.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.; Objects (boxes 42-45) do not circulate. Please contact Reader Services for more information.

E. Photographs and postcards

Visual Materials

Contains five gelatin silver photographs, nine postcards, and one drawing featured in the exhibition, "Personal Edens." Two of the photographs are portraits of Yoch taken in 1915 and 1945 and three depict Yoch and Council's Pasadena residence. The postcards, some pictorial and some photographic, depict various views of landscape features, chiefly in Europe, and were exhibited as one item (Item 9, approximately 1915-1950); two of the postcards, including one showing rubber trees in Algeria, are annotated.

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Sturgis residence, Pasadena, Calif

Visual Materials

Box 24, Folder 9 contains one snapshot; five gelatin silver prints, two by William E. Clarke and one by Hiller; and two later prints, one depicting the garden and its features and one a reproduction of Yoch and Council's design for the grounds. Box 24, Folder 10 contains 16 photographs, including eight gelatin silver prints mounted on cardstock and signed by William M. Clarke and eight snapshots. Also includes hand-lettered portfolios.

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Haines-Foster Incorporated, Hollywood, Calif

Visual Materials

Contains two gelatin silver photographs by Fred R. Dapprich depicting exterior of building and foliage. One of the photographs contains a handwritten note by Yoch on verso stating that the print is her only copy.

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Photographs of sites and features

Visual Materials

Album contains approximately 470 gelatin silver snapshots depicting various views of landscapes and buildings in Europe and Mexico. The album has "Office" on the cover, and photographs are numbered by Yoch and Council according to alphanumeric classification. Some of the photographs are loose.

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Various Projects

Visual Materials

Presentation album containing gelatin silver prints depicting many of Yoch and Council's garden projects, including work for Mrs. Howard Huntington (1 print); the Women's Athletic Club (1 print); the Misses Davenport (2 prints); F. A. Bovey (3 prints); Mary Stewart (11 prints); Eleanor Hague (1 print); W. K. Knowlton (1 print); Douglas Smith (4 prints); and Mrs. G. W. Gates (6 prints). Also includes 2 uncaptioned photos. Nearly all pages have handwritten captions.

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Correspondence, photographs, and sketches

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Folder 1 contains photocopies of 24 pages of correspondence, an agreement, two snapshots, one publicity photograph, and three later prints of sketches documenting Yoch and Council's work on The Garden of Allah. The correspondence includes handwritten letters from Yoch to George Cukor and David O. Selznick written from Algeria and Rome and a letter from Selznick to J. J. Cohn urging that they engage Yoch for this project because "the landscaping must be simply magnificent, as so much of the story depends on the beauty of the garden." Folder 2 contains materials documenting work on Gone with the Wind, including a construction estimate, set list, three photographs, and one drawing. Folder 3 contains three publicity photographs for The Good Earth and Folder 4 a publicity photograph for How Green Was My Valley. Folder 5 contains 20 photographs depicting design work for Romeo and Juliet.

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