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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
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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2 boxes containing typed index cards recording names of 165 clients and information about projects undertaken chiefly from 1927-1932; some of the clients have multiple projects listed.
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Contains 3-ring binder with detailed information about projects, materials, and other matters pertinent to Yoch and Council's business; entries are dated from 1925-1941. The book, which includes client, materials, and features indexes, is arranged alphabetically by client last name or by material/feature name. In addition to itemized information about projects including costs, plant lists, and materials, the book contains instructions, specifications, and other pertinent information. Examples include a recipe labeled Bleaching Teak, specifications for features such as plant boxes built for various clients, and an overview of building laws (all filed under B). Also included are lists of clients for whom Yoch and Council performed particular jobs, such as designing pebble pavements and more.
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Bound photograph album containing gelatin silver snapshots of buildings, landscapes, and garden features chiefly in Mexico, North Africa, and Spain, but also in other European countries; the album includes an index. Pages 3, 4, and 12 contain pasted-in notes by Yoch about a project for Harriet Doerr.
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Contains nine issues of periodical published in London, England as a "Country Life" publication: Vol. LXVI No. 10 (October, 1949) and No. 12 (December, 1949); Vol. LXVII No. 2 (February, 1950), No. 4 (April, 1950), and No. 10 (December, 1950); Vol. LXVIII No. 1 (January, 1951), No. 3 (March, 1951), and No. 4 (April, 1951); and LXIX No. 2 (February, 1952). Some of the issues have torn covers.
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Contains one spiral-bound notebook with handwritten entries. Notably, Yoch describes in some depth her views on Frederick Law Olmsted and his landscape design of Hancock Park in Los Angeles, California, including her perspective that the park should be developed with plants indigenous to the area and show "few evidences of man."
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