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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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Includes original and two copies of letter from Yoch to Doerr containing horticultural and garden instructions (1961); plus eight pages of Yoch's handwritten notes on gardening, some on small pieces of paper and one on the back of a bank check. Also contains photograph by George Waters of Mexican statue in garden (1988).
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This collection contains the professional papers of American landscape architect Florence Yoch (1890-1972) relating to her work designing landscapes and gardens primarily in Southern California, but also in Northern California, Mexico, and other locales, chiefly with her partner Lucile Council (1898-1964) and their firm Yoch and Council. The collection includes approximately 2700 photographs; approximately 250 drawings and renderings, including 163 rolled drawings; approximately 600 postcards; office records; travel journals; research materials; writings; and artifacts. The materials date from 1869 to 2013, with the bulk of the collection relating to Yoch's work from 1918 until shortly before her death and representing 100 of her over 250 projects. The collection also includes research and administrative files of James J. Yoch, Florence Yoch's cousin, comprising photographs, approximately 2500 slides, notes, articles, bibliographies, correspondence, and publicity materials for his book, Landscaping the American Dream: The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch, 1890-1972 (Harry N. Abrams, Inc./Sagapress, Inc., New York, 1989) and for the exhibition he curated with Eric T. Haskell of Scripps College, "Personal Edens: The Gardens and Film Sets of Florence Yoch," which opened at the Huntington Library in 1992 before traveling to other locations.
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Contains two catalogs: Italian Terra Cotta Company, Inc., Manufacturers of Genuine Italian Terra Cotta Vases and Jars, Los Angeles, April 1, 1964, 8 pages; includes price list Garden Ornaments, The Erkins Studios, Price List Number 56, undated; 31-pages including order form/price list
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Includes photocopies of a planting plan and of two pages from a California Arts and Architecture magazine piece on Yoch and Council's landscape design for the residence (April, 1939).
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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."
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