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Topical and other project files

Description

Contains 145 photographs, one postcard, and six photocopies of drawings, chiefly gelatin silver prints and snapshots documenting topical aspects of projects (Folders 1-14); also includes photographs that may be related to research or to projects or that are from unidentified projects (Folders 15 and 16).

Topics depicted include European sources (Folder 1, undated); fences and gate (Folder 2, undated); incinerators and barbecues (Folder 3, 1938); light modulator (Folder 4, undated); millstones (Folder 5, 1937, undated); pavements and pebble design (Folder 6, 1937-1962, undated); pools and fountains (Folder 7, 1932, undated); pots and ornament (Folder 8, 1930, 1941, undated); rock, natural effects (Folder 9, undated); seats and benches (Folder 10, 1930-1953, undated); Spanish patios and tropical glades (Folder 11, 192?, undated); stonework and walls (Folder 12, 1932-1938, 1958, undated); tiles (Folder 13, undated); and trees and tree moving (Folder 14, approximately 1931, undated). Folder 15 contains eight undated photographs depicting Gillespie Place (Montecito, California); Alice Park Garden; and the Santa Inés Mission. Folder 16 contains photographs depicting various views of landscape design at unidentified residences, including 12 gelatin silver prints and 7 later prints by photographer William Aplin (undated) and two gelatin silver prints by photographer Sally Tearse (1929, undated). The later prints by Aplin and photographs of the Alice Park Garden were originally found in a folder labeled "Yoch designs."

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.
Associated people
Aplin, William, (1938-2018,)
Bashford, Katherine, (1938-2018,)
Clark, E. Harrison,
Clarke, William M.,
Council, Lucile,
Dapprich, Fred R.,
Haight, George D.,
Hiller,
Yoch, Florence,
Yoch, James J.,
Yoch, James J.,
Associated organizations
George D. Haight Architectural Photographers,
Hiller Studios,
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